levant and couchant

levant and couchant (lev-[schwa]nt / kow-ch[schwa]nt), adj. [Law French couchant et levant “lying down and rising up”] Hist. (Of cattle and other beasts) trespassing on land for a period long enough to have lain down to rest and risen to feed (usu. at least one night and one day). • This period was the minimum required as grounds for distraint. — Also termed couchant and levant.

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