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Webster 1913 Edition


Turbary

Tur′ba-ry

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Turbaries
(#)
.
[LL.
turbaria
a place for digging peat, from
turba
peat. See
Turf
.]
(Eng. Law)
A right of digging turf on another man’s land; also, the ground where turf is dug.

Webster 1828 Edition


Turbary

TUR'BARY

,
Noun.
[from turf; Latinized, turbaria.]
1.
In law, a right of digging turf on another man's land. Common of turbary, is the liberty which a tenant enjoys of digging turf on the lord's waste.
2.
The place where turf is dug.

Definition 2024


turbary

turbary

English

Noun

turbary (plural turbaries)

  1. A piece of peatland from which turf may be cut for fuel.
  2. Material extracted from a turbary.
  3. The right to cut turf from a turbary on a common or in some cases, another person's land.

Usage notes

The third sense is more fully expressed legally as common of turbary.