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Definition of Lairage

1. cattle housing [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lairage

Literary usage of Lairage

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Weekly Reporter by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords, Great Britain. Privy Council, Great Britain. Supreme Court of Judicature (1900)
"(3) There are tenante other than the appellants available for the occupation of the tenements for the purpose of carrying on the business of a lairage. ..."

2. The Judicial Dictionary, of Words and Phrases Judicially Interpreted, to by Frederick Stroud (1903)
"A lairage is a building, generally of brick and wood roofed over, used for the reception and slaughter of cattle and sheep brought from abroad, ..."

3. Reports of All the Cases Decided by All the Superior Courts Relating to by Edward William Cox, Great BRitain Magistrates' cases (1903)
"There are tenants other than the appellants available for the occupation of the tenements for the purpose of carrying on the business of a lairage. 4. ..."

4. Magisterial Cases by Great Britain Courts, Great Britain Court of Criminal Appeal (1901)
"4723 lairage in Wallasey, net annual value 3414 " The result is that as the net values are reduced the appeal ,s allowed, and the rate must be made upon the ..."

5. The Bankruptcy and Insolvency Reports: Being Reports of Cases Argued and by John Bury Dasent, Great Britain, Great Britain Court of Bankruptcy, Court of Bankruptcy, Court for Relief of Insolvent Debtors (1855)
"The chief business of the company was to keep a lairage, ... The purchase and sale of the hay was incidental to the lairage, and was no more a trading than ..."

6. Sessional Papers by Canada Parliament (1903)
"Visits to Yorkhill lairage showed a few shipments of Ontario cattle of ... A few days later (August 29) I visited the Birkenhead lairage where I saw tli" ..."

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