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A quick definition of common:

Common: A legal right to use someone else's property, like a field or a pond, for things like grazing animals or fishing. It can be a right that comes with owning land nearby, or it can be given by the owner of the property. Sometimes, a big piece of land is set aside for everyone to use, like a park or a playground.

A more thorough explanation:

Common refers to a legal right to use someone else's property for a specific purpose. This can include:

  • Common appendant: A tenant's right to graze animals on the landowner's land due to long-standing practice.
  • Common appurtenant: A landowner's right to graze animals on another's land due to a written grant relating to the ownership or occupancy of land.
  • Common in gross: A right to graze animals on another's land due to a written grant unrelated to ownership or occupancy of land.
  • Common in the soil: The right to dig and take away earth from another's land.
  • Common of estovers: A tenant's right to take necessary supplies, especially wood, from the lord's estate.
  • Common of fishery: A right to fish in waters on another's land.
  • Common of pasture: A right to pasture one's cattle on another's land.
  • Common of piscary: A right to fish in waters on another's land.
  • Common of shack: The right of people occupying land in a common field to release their cattle to graze after harvest.
  • Common of turbary: The right to dig turf (for use as fuel in a house) from another's land.
  • Common without stint: A right to graze an unlimited number of cattle.

Additionally, common can refer to a tract of land set aside for the general public's use.

An example of common appendant would be a farmer who has the right to graze their animals on a neighboring landowner's property because it has been a long-standing practice.

An example of common of estovers would be a tenant who has the right to take wood from the lord's estate to use as fuel for their home.

An example of common of pasture would be a rancher who has the right to graze their cattle on a neighboring landowner's property.

An example of a tract of land set aside for the general public's use would be a park or nature reserve.

These examples illustrate how common refers to a legal right to use someone else's property for a specific purpose, whether it be grazing animals, taking necessary supplies, or using a tract of land for public use.

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CynicalOops
17:14
Presents
CynicalOops
17:14
Im just gonna get everyone tickets so thats why i said that
jackfrost11770
17:14
people are so stupid on the internet its crazy
CynicalOops
17:15
T5 soft
windyMagician
17:18
that and the post asking for low gpa success stories along with every other identifying detail
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17:23
@CynicalOops: tickets to what?
CynicalOops
17:26
I got my brother tickets to a golf tournament and im going to get my mom ski lift tickets because she just moved near a ski resort
Dkk
18:08
Nice, I am on bad terms with my siblings so i am getting them nothing and they should get me nothing too and I am getting my mom a gift.
18:16
I just noticed that UMich has the majority of their acceptances really early on. Does anyone know what happens to mid-November applicants? Are we just cooked?
TGM
18:23
How long can I delay sending my fall grades if they hurt my GPA? I’m still waiting on decisions and ideally I’m hoping they decide BEFORE seeing my new grades
TGM
18:27
dropped my GPA below median for a couple of schools I’m applying to, when I was above median before
Dkk
18:32
@TGM: Not long enough to get another transcript to recover.
Dkk
18:33
Honestly you could just wait until someone actually asks for your fall grades. Who knows.
Dkk
18:34
@wigwav: It looks like if below medians it will not help but If applying in November it seems you are still middle of the cycle.
18:34
@wigwav: nah
TGM
18:34
like am I expected to send it unprompted or can I wait until a school requested it
Dkk
18:35
@TGM: Expected to send it unprompted but you can wait and see.
18:36
Is your LSAT also below median?
TGM
18:37
It’s above median, but I’m applying T6 with unimpressive softs, so even with a good LSAT it’s tough
texaslawhopefully
18:38
Yeah, then I would just wait as long as you can to send it
texaslawhopefully
18:38
For like HLS at least, if you wait till J6 then you may already have a decision
TGM
18:39
@texaslawhopefully: alas, haven’t even gotten an interview (applied around thanksgiving)
18:39
Yeah I would delay as long as you have plausible deniability
TGM
18:40
I actually do have a transcript issue that registrar needs to resolve, should I say that
TGM
18:41
(Course marked as Incomplete that’s supposed to be removed)
TGM
18:41
not sure if I should email them to say that, or just hold off on sending it and not give an excuse
18:41
I think I just wouldn’t reach out and if they ask for them then say that
Dkk
18:41
@tgm Yeah sounds good, say that if they ask
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