Couchant and levant
| (Law) | rising up and lying down; - said of beasts, and indicating that they have been long enough on land, not belonging to their owner, to lie down and rise up to feed, - such time being held to include a day and night at the least. - Blackstone. |
See also: Couchant
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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