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▪ I. † ˈjustment1 Obs. rare—1.
[irreg. f. just a. + -ment: after L. jūsta due ceremonies.]
In pl. Due ceremonies or formalities, esp. funeral rites, obsequies (= L. jūsta).
1648Herrick Hesper, To Shade of Father, Neither haire was cut, or true teares shed By me, o'r thee (as justments to the dead).
▪ II. ˈjustment2 local.
A variant of gistment, agistment, in the senses: a. The pasturing of a stranger's cattle; the payment made or received for this. b. A piece of land of which the pasture or grazing is let.
1630T. Westcote Devon (1845) 323 The farm then let at justment for {pstlg}4. 13s. 1715Exeter Merc. 16 Sept. 5 To rent from Michaelmas next, a Justment of between Thirty and Forty Pounds a Year..haveing a large Orchard now in its Prime. 1900[Still in use in North Devon (J. Groves Cooper, Bideford).] |