单词 | droveland |
释义 | † drovelandn. Law. Obsolete (historical in later use). Land held by a tenant in return for the service of driving the lord's cattle or other livestock to market, pasture, etc.; spec. (in Kent) land held in return for the service of driving the lord's pigs to the Weald of Kent, presumably to feed (cf. droveden n.). ΘΚΠ society > law > legal obligation > [noun] > obligation on owner to allow use by others > land over which servitude exists > specific drovelandc1500 share acre1641 averland1670 c1500 (?c1285) Custumal South Malling in Dict. Medieval Latin Brit. Sources at Drovemannus Tenet circa x acras de droflond; et debet cum ij aliis drofmannis fugare omnes districciones factas..pro aliquo tangente..archiepiscopum apud Southmallyng. 1660 W. Somner Treat. Gavelkind 116 (Drof-land) that holden by the service of driving, as well of Distresses taken for the Lords use, as of the Lords cattel from place to place..: more particularly here in Kent of driving the Lords hogs or swine to and from the Weald of Kent. 1664 F. Philipps Mistaken Recompence 39 [The lords] in many or some of their manors do receive Quit-rents of their Tenants for Berdland, or provision of victuals for their homes; Drofland, for driving their Cattle to Fairs and Markets. 1910 N. Neilson Customary Rents 79 In Kent land was held by the service of driving cattle to market or pasturage, and hence was called droveland. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021). < n.c1500 |
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