- agister
- A person who takes cattle for hire to pasture or to care for. The agister's possession is that of a bailee for hire. Atwater v Lowe (NY) 39 Him 150, 152; 4 Am J2d Am § 72.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
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Agister — A*gist er, Agistor A*gist or, n. [Anglo Norman agistour.] (Law) (a) Formerly, an officer of the king s forest, who had the care of cattle agisted, and collected the money for the same; hence called {gisttaker}, which in England is corrupted into… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
agister — n. shepherd, one who feeds or pastures for animals for a fee (Archaic) … English contemporary dictionary
agister — agist·er … English syllables
agister — /ajistar/ A person engaged in the business of pasturing of livestock as a bailee in consideration of an agreed price to be paid by owner of cattle. Walker v. Nelson, 137 Colo. 519, 327 P.2d 285, 287 … Black's law dictionary
agister — /ajistar/ A person engaged in the business of pasturing of livestock as a bailee in consideration of an agreed price to be paid by owner of cattle. Walker v. Nelson, 137 Colo. 519, 327 P.2d 285, 287 … Black's law dictionary
agister — … Useful english dictionary
agister's lien — A lien upon an animal provided by contract or statute for the benefit of a person who has fed or cared for the animal. 4 Am J2d Am § 74 … Ballentine's law dictionary
agist — agister, agistor, n. /euh jist /, v.t. to feed or pasture (livestock) for a fee. [1590 1600; < AF, MF agister to give lodgings to, equiv. to a A 5 + gister to lodge, lie < Gmc; cf. OE giestian to lodge, deriv. of giest GUEST] * * * … Universalium
Agistor — Agister A*gist er, Agistor A*gist or, n. [Anglo Norman agistour.] (Law) (a) Formerly, an officer of the king s forest, who had the care of cattle agisted, and collected the money for the same; hence called {gisttaker}, which in England is… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
gisttaker — Agister A*gist er, Agistor A*gist or, n. [Anglo Norman agistour.] (Law) (a) Formerly, an officer of the king s forest, who had the care of cattle agisted, and collected the money for the same; hence called {gisttaker}, which in England is… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
