Gainage

English Old Law: Gainage in the Past

It signifies the draft oxen, horses, wain, plough and furniture for carrying on the work of tillage by the baser sort of soke men and villeins and sometimes the land itself or the profits raised by cultivating it. Bract. lib. 1, c. 9. [1][rtbs name=”history-of-english-law”]

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Notes and References

1. Partialy, this information about gainage is based on the Bouvier´s Law Dictionary, 1848 edition. There is a list of terms of the Bouvier´s Law Dictionary, including gainage.

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