Foldage

Foldage
Foldage Fold"age, n. [See {Fold} inclosure, {Faldage}.] (O.Eng.Law.) See {Faldage}. [1913 Webster]

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  • foldage — In old English law, a privilege possessed in some places by the lord of a manor, which consisted in the right of having his tenant s sheep to feed on his fields, so as to manure the land. The name of foldage is also given in parts of Norfolk to… …   Black's law dictionary

  • foldage — In old English law, a privilege possessed in some places by the lord of a manor, which consisted in the right of having his tenant s sheep to feed on his fields, so as to manure the land. The name of foldage is also given in parts of Norfolk to… …   Black's law dictionary

  • foldage — fold·age …   English syllables

  • foldage — Same as faldage …   Ballentine's law dictionary

  • foldage — …   Useful english dictionary

  • foldcourse — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: fold (I) + course 1. English law a. : land to which foldage is incident b. : the right of foldage 2 …   Useful english dictionary

  • Faldage — Fald age, n. [LL. faldagium, fr. AS. fald, E. fold. Cf. {Foldage}.] (O. Eng. Law) A privilege of setting up, and moving about, folds for sheep, in any fields within manors, in order to manure them; often reserved to himself by the lord of the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Great Shelford — infobox UK place static static image caption=Village sign country = England latitude=52.15038 longitude= 0.13575 official name= Great Shelford population = 3,949(2001) dwellings = 1,829 (2001) shire district= South Cambridgeshire shire county =… …   Wikipedia

  • fold-course — In English law, land to which the sole right of folding the cattle of others is appurtenant. Sometimes it means merely such right of folding. The right of folding on another s land, which is called common foldage …   Black's law dictionary

  • libera falda — /lib(a)ra folds/ In old English law, frank fold; free fold; free foldage …   Black's law dictionary

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