Meaning & use
Turbary
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The legal right to cut turf or peat for fuel on another person's land, or land where such peat is cut.
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The old estate deed still recognized villagers' turbary rights on the moor.
Generations of families relied on the local turbary for winter fuel.
A note on using this word
A term rooted in medieval English common law, still occasionally cited in property disputes in parts of Britain and Ireland.
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