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Definition of Turbary
1. n. A right of digging turf on another man's land; also, the ground where turf is dug.
Definition of Turbary
1. Noun. A piece of peatland from which turf may be cut for fuel. ¹
2. Noun. Material extracted from a turbary. ¹
3. Noun. The right to cut turf from a turbary on a common or in some cases, another person's land. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Turbary
1. a place where peat can be dug [n -RIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Turbary
Literary usage of Turbary
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 turbary.—As common of turbary is a liberty of digging turf upon another's
ground.1 There is also a common of digging for coals, minerals, stones, ..."
2. The Parliamentary Debates by Great Britain Parliament (1908)
"BIRRELL : With regard to the turbary on this estate, I would refer the hon.
Member to the reply I hive just given to a Question asked by the hon. ..."
3. A Practical Treatise on Pleading and on the Parties to Actions and the Forms by Joseph Chitty (1809)
"*5'(0 —of turbary, in a certain waste or common, called, &c. situate at, ...
(r) It is necessary in general to (rf) Common of turbary is inci- turves were ..."
4. A Treatise on Copyhold, Customary Freehold, and Ancient Demesne Tenure: With by John Scriven, Henry Stalman (1846)
"But the lord may by custom inclose parcels of the waste, even as against common
of turbary (f). It has been decided that a commoner may enter forcibly, ..."
5. Explorations in Turkestan, Expedition of 1904: Prehistoric Civilizations of by Raphael Pumpelly (1908)
"The turbary sheep (Ovis aries palustris) attained its full development 6250 B.
c., while we find the large-horned transitional form from Ovis ..."
6. A Digest of the Laws of England Respecting Real Property by William Cruise (1824)
"Common of turbary is a right to dig turf upon another's land, or upon the lord's
waste. ... had used to have common of turbary to dig and sell ad libitum, ..."
7. A Treatise on Copyholds: Customary Freeholds, Ancient Demesne, and the by John Scriven (1833)
"But the lord may, by custom, inclose parcels of the waste, even as against common
of turbary (g). It has been decided that a commoner may enter forcibly, ..."
8. A Treatise on Commons and Wastelands: With Special Reference to the Law of by Charles Isaac Elton (1868)
"Common of turbary defined—Origin of the term—Distinction between the rights of
taking ... COMMON OF turbary. COMMON of turbary is a right of taking peat ..."
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