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common of shack

common of shack noun: the right of persons occupying lands lying together in the same common field to turn out their cattle to range in it after harvest.

Noun

common of shack (uncountable)

  1. (UK) The right of persons occupying lands lying together in the same common field to turn out their cattle to range in it after harvest.
    • It's no good exception to a Witness that he hath common per cause of Vicinage in the Lands in question, because its but an excuse of Trespass, and no interest[…]The same of common of Shacke1665, Giles Duncombe, Tryals per Pais

Questions about common of shack

What does common of shack mean?
Common of shack means the right of persons occupying lands lying together in the same common field to turn out their cattle to range in it after harvest.
What part of speech is common of shack?
Common of shack is a noun.

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