Common-land Definition

noun
(UK, Ireland) An area of land in the United Kingdom or Ireland that is open to the public at all times and until the 18th century would have been land that was free for anybody to graze their animals on (often shortened to common).
The common land up at Chailey's always good for a walk.
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(UK, Ireland) Collectively, all the common land in one of those two countries.
I've always grazed my animals on the common land and I'm not going to stop now.
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Common-land Sentence Examples

  • But the privileged class alone are eligible to the greatest offices of the state; they have in their hands the exclusive control of the national religion; they have the exclusive enjoyment of the common land of the state - in Teutonic phrase, the folkland.

  • This gives effect to schedule 6 Power to amend enactments relating to common land or greens 95.

  • Theft Of Livestock The coastal marshland and extensive common land meant that the Dengie 100 teemed with livestock especially sheep.

  • Common land on the map Hundreds of people have visited an information roadshow about common land.

  • After both world wars the Society 's difficult task was to reinstate much common land which had been used for defense and food production.

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Words Starting With

CCOCOM

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DNDAND

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11 Letter Words11 Letter Words Starting With C11 Letter Words Ending With D