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agistment
agistment (əˈdʒɪstmənt) n1. the act of agisting2. the fee charged for agistingagistment
agistment the taking on to one's own ground of another person's cattle to allow them to be fed, for a consideration to be paid by the owner of the cattle. The person who receives the cattle is called an agister. AGISTMENT, contracts. The taking of another person's cattle into one's ownground to be fed, for a consideration to be paid by the owner. The personwho receives the cattle is called an agister. 2. An agister is bound to ordinary diligence, and of course isresponsible for loses by ordinary negligence; but he does not insure thesafety of the cattle agisted. Jones, Bailm. 91; I Bell's Com. 458; Holt's N.P. Rep. 547; Story, Bail. Sec. 443; Bac. Ab. Tythes, C l. |