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Term: COMMON IN THE SOIL
Definition: Common in the soil means something that is found in the ground. It can also refer to a legal right to take earth from someone else's land. In the past, it was also a right to let animals graze on someone else's land.
Definition: Common in the soil means something that is found commonly in the ground. It can also refer to legal rights related to the use of someone else's property.
Examples:
These examples illustrate different legal rights related to the use of someone else's property. For instance, common appendant and common appurtenant refer to a tenant's or landowner's right to graze animals on another's land. Common of pasture, piscary, and turbary refer to the right to pasture cattle, fish in waters, and dig turf, respectively, on another's land.