Agistment
the act of .
a contract or an agreement to .
the fee paid or the profit made in .
Historical Examples
But the most valued is that of agistment or pasturage, especially of ponies.
The Customs of Old England F. J. Snell
agistment, or the taking in of cattle or live stock to feed at a rate of so much per head, is a contract of bailment.
The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Various
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