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(from Saxon, gang, soins, and ox; Law Lat. hovata). In old English law. So much land as an ox could till. According to some, fifteen acres. Co. Litt. 69a; Cromp. Jur. 220. According to Balfour, the Scotch oxengang, or oxgate, contained twelve acres; but this does not correspond with ancient charters. See Bell, Diet. “Ploughgate.” Skene says thirteen acres. Cowell.
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(from Saxon, gang, soins, and ox; Law Lat. hovata). In old English law. So much land as an ox could till. According to some, fifteen acres. Co. Litt. 69a; Cromp. Jur. 220. According to Balfour, the Scotch oxengang, or oxgate, contained twelve acres; but this does not correspond with ancient charters. See Bell, Diet. “Ploughgate.” Skene says thirteen acres. Cowell.
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