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Piscary

/ˈpɪs.kə.ri/
nounCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #95000 frequency
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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The legal right or privilege of fishing in waters that belong to another person.

    "The ancient land deed granted the local villagers a common piscary along the riverbank."
  2. 2

    The right of fishing generally, or a fishery itself.

    "He leased the piscary rights for the season to commercial anglers."

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Derived from the Latin piscari (to fish) via Anglo-Norman piscarie and Middle English, entering legal terminology around the 15th century. It historically refers to the legal right of fishing in another person's waters.

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