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fossatio

fossatio , (service of) ditching and banking. c1160 liberi et quiete a ~one et sepacione ‥ Ch. Gilb. 63; c1327 fiat fossatum defensabile inter moras ‥ et terras arabiles ‥ ita quod averia in predictis moris pascencia non ingrediantur terras nec prata predicta per defectum ~onis fossati predicti Cart. Glast. 116; cum ‥ per ~onem et terre apercionem pali in signum metarum positi apercius monstrarentur Meaux III 5; 1433 pasturam ex nunc ‥ non clausam sed apertam conservabunt sicut semper ‥ usque dictam novam ~onem servari consuevit Rec. Leic. II 252; 1513 pro ~one sua [et] reparacione unius pontis ‥ una pro [l. cum] fossione et opere suo circa viam altam ibidem Ac. Durh. 160.

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