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Definition of Assarting
1. assart [v] - See also: assart
Literary usage of Assarting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Collection of Acts and Records of Parliament: With Reports of Cases by Sir Henry Gwillim, Charles Ellis (1825)
"It is certain by this, that there is a difference between assarting the king's
lands, and assarting any other man's lands. ..."
2. A Treatise on the Law of Tithes by William Eagle (1830)
"... it was said by the Court that the assarting of lands was, when private persons
had lands within the regard of the forest, they could not pluck up the ..."
3. Calendar of Treasury Papers, 1556-[1728]: Preserved in Public Record Office by Great Britain Public Record Office, Great Britain Treasury, Joseph Redington (1874)
"... granted to George Finch, Esqre, and that the assarting the same will not only
deface the beauty of the forest, but be prejudicial to the vert & venison. ..."
4. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1855)
"... justified in using the exclamation of Cromwell at the battle of Dun- bar, and
in assarting " that the Lord had delivered his enemies into his hands. ..."
5. The Growth of the Manor by Sir Paul Vinogradoff (1905)
"... though irregular squatting and self-help in the matter of assarting may have
been of usual occurrence, in cases of stinted common custom and agreement ..."
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