local. A variant of GISTMENT, AGISTMENT, in the senses: a. The pasturing of a stranger’s cattle; the payment made or received for this. b. A piece of land of which the pasture or grazing is let.
1630. T. Westcote, Devon (1845), 323. The farm then let at justment for £4. 13s.
1715. Exeter Merc., 16 Sept., 5. To rent from Michaelmas next, a Justment of between Thirty and Forty Pounds a Year … haveing a large Orchard now in its Prime.
1900. [Still in use in North Devon (J. Groves Cooper, Bideford).]
