commonage
Americannoun
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the joint use of anything, especially a pasture.
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the state of being held in common.
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something that is so held, as land.
noun
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law
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the use of something, esp a pasture, in common with others
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the right to such use
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the state of being held in common
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something held in common, such as land
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another word for commonalty
Etymology
Origin of commonage
Example Sentences
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The indaba began upon small matters, a recent dispute or two as to the ownership of cattle, or of land commonage, and so forth.
From Forging the Blades A Tale of the Zulu Rebellion by Bertram Mitford
The whole baronetage, peerage, and commonage of England did not contain a more cunning, mean, foolish, disreputable old rogue than Sir Pitt Crawley.
From Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer
It is the way your forefathers understood the law of commonage, and nobody ever grumbled that his neighbor had a cow or a pig too many!
From One Of Them by Charles James Lever
We came over a rolling down towards the commonage.
From Cinderella in the South Twenty-Five South African Tales by Arthur Shearly Cripps
Sheep had fallen heavily in value; our flock could not be realized without incurring a ruinous loss, so it was kept for a time on the town commonage.
From Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer by W. C. (William Charles) Scully
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