An archaic legal term for a joint ownership or common right held by multiple people to land or property.
From Old French commoigne, related to 'common.' This term appeared in English legal documents during the Middle Ages, particularly in property law.
In medieval England, 'commoigne' was how peasants gained rights to shared pastures and forests—it literally meant you had a piece of a collective resource. It's the legal root of our word 'commons'!
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