Lexic.us

Definition of Piscary

1. Noun. A workplace where fish are caught and processed and sold.

Definition of Piscary

1. n. The right or privilege of fishing in another man's waters.

Definition of Piscary

1. Noun. fishery ¹

2. Noun. (legal) The right or privilege of fishing in somebody else's waters. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Piscary

1. a place for fishing [n -RIES]

Medical Definition of Piscary

1. The right or privilege of fishing in another man's waters. Origin: L. Piscarius relating to fishes or to fishing, fr. Piscis a fish. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Piscary

Literary usage of Piscary

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

1. Commentaries on the Laws of England by William Blackstone, William Carey Jones (1915)
"Common of piscary is a liberty of fishing in another man's water, as common of turbary is a liberty of digging turf upon another man's ground for the ..."

2. Commentaries on American Law by James Kent, John Melville Gould, Oliver Wendell Holmes (1901)
"Thus, says Coke, * 409 according to the rules to be found in Bracton, Britton, and Fleta, in the case of a common of piscary descending to two or more ..."

3. The Preservation of Open Spaces, and of Footpaths and Other Rights of Way: A by Robert Hunter (1902)
"There is, however, a distinct right of common, known as common of piscary. Lord Coke says: " There be divers other commons, ..."

4. Institutes of American Law by John Bouvier (1854)
"A common in gross, or at large, is such as is neither appendant nor appurtenant to land, but is annexed to a man's person.(b) Art. 2.—Of common of piscary. ..."

5. A Digest of the Laws of England Respecting Real Property by William Cruise (1818)
"Common of piscary. 1 lust. 122 a, Vide Tit. 27. ... Common of piscary is a right to fish in the soil of another; or in a river running through another's ..."

6. The Law-dictionary, Explaining the Rise, Progress, and Present State of the ...by Thomas Edlyne Tomlins, Thomas Colpitts Granger by Thomas Edlyne Tomlins, Thomas Colpitts Granger (1835)
"Common of piscary to exclude the owner of the soil, is contrary to law: though a person by prescription may have a separate right of fishing in such water, ..."

7. A Treatise on the Game Laws, and on Fisheries: With an Appendix, Containing by Joseph Chitty (1812)
"... but one may have a piscary in particular, exclu- AD 1676. sire of others irt common river, and on release of da- mages to forty-two shillings, ..."

8. A New Law Dictionary and Institute of the Whole Law: For the Use of Students by Archibald Brown (1874)
"Common of piscary U the right of fishing iu another man's water. Several fishery resembles free fishery, only that ho who lias а ю\ eral fishery must also ..."

9. Commentaries on the Laws of England by William Blackstone, William Carey Jones (1915)
"Common of piscary is a liberty of fishing in another man's water, as common of turbary is a liberty of digging turf upon another man's ground for the ..."

10. Commentaries on American Law by James Kent, John Melville Gould, Oliver Wendell Holmes (1901)
"Thus, says Coke, * 409 according to the rules to be found in Bracton, Britton, and Fleta, in the case of a common of piscary descending to two or more ..."

11. The Preservation of Open Spaces, and of Footpaths and Other Rights of Way: A by Robert Hunter (1902)
"There is, however, a distinct right of common, known as common of piscary. Lord Coke says: " There be divers other commons, ..."

12. Institutes of American Law by John Bouvier (1854)
"A common in gross, or at large, is such as is neither appendant nor appurtenant to land, but is annexed to a man's person.(b) Art. 2.—Of common of piscary. ..."

13. A Digest of the Laws of England Respecting Real Property by William Cruise (1818)
"Common of piscary. 1 lust. 122 a, Vide Tit. 27. ... Common of piscary is a right to fish in the soil of another; or in a river running through another's ..."

14. The Law-dictionary, Explaining the Rise, Progress, and Present State of the ...by Thomas Edlyne Tomlins, Thomas Colpitts Granger by Thomas Edlyne Tomlins, Thomas Colpitts Granger (1835)
"Common of piscary to exclude the owner of the soil, is contrary to law: though a person by prescription may have a separate right of fishing in such water, ..."

15. A Treatise on the Game Laws, and on Fisheries: With an Appendix, Containing by Joseph Chitty (1812)
"... but one may have a piscary in particular, exclu- AD 1676. sire of others irt common river, and on release of da- mages to forty-two shillings, ..."

16. A New Law Dictionary and Institute of the Whole Law: For the Use of Students by Archibald Brown (1874)
"Common of piscary U the right of fishing iu another man's water. Several fishery resembles free fishery, only that ho who lias а ю\ eral fishery must also ..."

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