Catch land

The term catch-land was used for such land, particularly in Norfolk, England, which was not certainly known to what parish it belongs; so that the parson who first got the tithes there, enjoyed it for that year.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chambers, Ephraim, ed. (1728). "^{article name needed}". Cyclopædia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (first ed.). James and John Knapton, et al.