commonage
Joint land rights
Commonage is land held in common by a community, where multiple people have rights to use it for grazing livestock, gathering resources, or other purposes.
The term appears in legal and historical contexts describing shared agricultural land: The villagers retained commonage rights to the pasture.
It can also refer to the right itself, or to commoners collectively.
Jointly organized group
- cooperativeJointly operated enterprise
- sharedHeld in common
- jointShared by multiple parties
- mutualShared between parties
public · villagers · tenants · freeholders · entitlement · access · usage · apportionment
Domesticated farm animals
- cattleDomesticated bovines kept commercially
- sheepWoolly farm animal
- goatsHorned farm ruminants
- herdingManaging animal groups
pasturage · browsing · fodder · forage · stocking · overstocking · rotational · seasonal
Amount of land owned
- tractArea of land
- allotmentDesignated share or portion
- plotStoryline or land parcel
- meadowGrassy field for grazing
heath · moor · green · waste · unenclosed · open-field · furlong · headland
Custom passed through generations
- customaryDone by convention
- ancientVery old indeed
- manorialOf a lord's estate
- feudalOf tiered landownership
medieval · preservation · restoration · agrarian · rural · peasantry · tenantry · dispossession
collective
Jointly organized group
- cooperativeJointly operated enterprise
- sharedHeld in common
- jointShared by multiple parties
mutual · public · villagers · tenants · freeholders · entitlement · access · usage · apportionment · allocation
livestock
Domesticated farm animals
herding · pasturage · browsing · fodder · forage · stocking · overstocking · rotational · seasonal · droving
acreage
Amount of land owned
meadow · heath · moor · green · waste · unenclosed · open-field · furlong · headland · boundary
tradition
Custom passed through generations
feudal · medieval · preservation · restoration · agrarian · rural · peasantry · tenantry · dispossession · reclamation
commonageprivate property
Individually owned assets
private land · enclosure · freehold · private estate · severalty