COMMONAGE

commonage

(noun) property held in common

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

commonage (countable and uncountable, plural commonages)

The condition of land that is held in common.

The right to pasture animals on common land.

Shared land; a common.

Source: Wiktionary


Com"mon*age, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. communage.]

Definition: The right of pasturing on a common; the right of using anything in common with others. The claim of comonage . . . in most of the forests. Burke.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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