enclosure of common land

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• Common land — Modern day pannage, or common of mast, in the New Forest For other uses of commons , see Commons (disambiguation). Common land (a common) is land owned collectively or by one person, but over which other people have certain traditional rights,… …   Wikipedia

• Enclosure — For other uses, see Enclosure (disambiguation). Enclosure or inclosure is the process which ends traditional rights such as mowing meadows for hay, or grazing livestock on common land. Once enclosed, these uses of the land become restricted to… …   Wikipedia

• Enclosure — ou inclosure est un terme anglais qui désigne l action d enclore un champ. Restes d une enclosure ancienne, dans une forêt de résineux plantés (Royaume Uni) Cet anglicisme est passé en français où il désigne la parcelle de terrain enclose de… …   Wikipédia en Français

• enclosure — /en kloh zheuhr/, n. 1. something that encloses, as a fence or wall. 2. something that is enclosed, as a paper sent in a letter. 3. the separation and appropriation of land by means of a fence. 4. a tract of land surrounded by a fence. 5. an act… …   Universalium

• land reform — any program, esp. when undertaken by a national government, involving the redistribution of agricultural land among the landless. [1840 50, Amer.] * * * Deliberate change in the way agricultural land is held or owned, the methods of its… …   Universalium

• enclosure — [ɪn kləʊʒə, ɛn ] noun 1》 an area that is sealed off by a barrier.     ↘Brit. a section of a racecourse or stadium allocated to a particular group: the members enclosure. 2》 a document or object placed in an envelope together with a letter. 3》 the …   English new terms dictionary

• enclosure — /ɛnˈkloʊʒə / (say en klohzhuh), /ən / (say uhn ) noun 1. the act of enclosing. 2. the separation and appropriation of land, especially of common land, by means of a fence. 3. a tract of land surrounded by a fence. 4. that which encloses, as a… …  

• enclosure —   in the UK 1450 1820, the move from an agricultural system based on open, or shared, crop fields with common land for grazing and resource collection (e.g. for firewood) to one where individual farmers occupy private holdings whose boundaries… …   Geography glossary

• enclosure — n. (also inclosure) 1 the act of enclosing, esp. of common land. 2 Brit. an enclosed space or area, esp. for a special class of persons at a sporting event. 3 a thing enclosed with a letter. 4 an enclosing fence etc. Etymology: AF & OF (as… …   Useful english dictionary

• Enclosure (archaeology) — In archaeology, an enclosure is one of the most common types of archaeological site. It is any area of land separated from surrounding land by earthworks, walls or fencing. Such a simple feature is found all over the world and during almost all… …   Wikipedia

• enclosure movement — Division or consolidation of communal lands in Western Europe into the carefully delineated and individually owned farm plots of modern times. Before enclosure, farmland was under the control of individual cultivators only during the growing… …   Universalium