The termcatch-land was used for such land, particularly inNorfolk,England, which was not certainly known to whatparish it belongs; so that theparson who first got thetithes there, enjoyed it for that year.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Chambers, Ephraim, ed. (1728). "Catch-land".Cyclopædia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (1st ed.). James and John Knapton, et al.
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