pis·ca·ry

(pĭs′kə-rē)

n. pl. pis·ca·ries

1. The taking of fish in waters that one does not own but that by custom or law are open for such use by the public.

2. A fishery.

[From Middle English piscaries, fishing rights, from Medieval Latin piscāria, from Latin, neuter pl. of piscārius, of fish, from piscis, fish. Sense 2, Medieval Latin piscārium : Latin piscis, fish + Latin -ārium, -arium.]

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piscary

(ˈpɪskərɪ)

n, pl -ries

1. (Fishing) a place where fishing takes place

2. (Angling) the right to fish in certain waters

[C15: from Latin piscārius fishing, from piscis a fish]

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piscary

the right of one person to fish in waters belonging to another. See also law.

See also: Fish

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

piscary - a workplace where fish are caught and processed and sold

fishery

pearl fishery - a fishery where they fish for pearl oysters

workplace, work - a place where work is done; "he arrived at work early today"

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He observed that the "highest authorities" had settled that use" by the public, no matter how long, will not confer a right to take fish in inland waters; and we must construe this section [of the Fisheries (Ireland) Act], having regard to the state of the law--the section says that the right must be in the nature of a common of piscary, which can only be acquired by grant or prescription; and such a public right as is here claimed, based on mere user, cannot, in point of law, exist." (59) Here it is not so much that Parliament had gotten the law wrong, but rather that the statute ought to be interpreted in accordance with the common law.

The public right to fish and the triumph of colonial dispossession in Ireland and Canada

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