levancyn.
/ˈlɛvənsi/ Law.
In phrase levancy and couchancy: the fact of being levant and couchant.
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a1691 P. Ventris Rep. (1696) Table at Common In a Title of Common for Beasts Levant and Couchant, the Levancy and Couchancy is not Traversable.
1818 J. Bayley in R. V. Barnewall & E. H. Alderson Rep. Cases King's Bench 1 710 If levancy and couchancy were incident to the right of common appendant.
1866 Law Rep.: Exchequer Div. 1 172 The condition of levancy and couchancy is only to be taken as the measure of the capacity of the land to maintain the cattle.
1872 Law Rep.: Common Pleas Div. 7 593 Levancy and couchancy is a mere measure of the number of cattle or other animals that may be put upon the common.
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