emblements

[em-bluh-muh nts]

plural noun Law.

the products or profits of land that has been sown or planted.

Origin of emblements

1485–95; plural of emblement < Anglo-French, Middle French emblaement, equivalent to emblae(r) (< Medieval Latin imblādāre to sow with grain, equivalent to im- im-¹ + blād(um) grain (> French blé) < Germanic (compare Middle Dutch blaad, Old English blǣd) + -āre infinitive suffix) + -ment -ment

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Historical Examples of emblements

Such crops as corn, potatoes, wheat, and melons are emblements.
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Emblements belong therefore to the class of fructus industriales, or “industrial growing crops” (Sale of Goods Act 1893, 62).
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Emblements are included within the definition of goods in s. 62 of the Sale of Goods Act 1893.
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In the United States the English common law of emblements has been generally preserved.
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British Dictionary definitions for emblements

emblements

pl n law

annual crops and vegetable products cultivated by man's labour
the profits from such crops

Word Origin for emblements

C15: from Old French emblaement, from emblaer to sow with grain, from Medieval Latin imblādāre, from blāda grain, of Germanic origin; compare Old English blǣd grain

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