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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Le·vant a.  Law Rising or having risen from rest; -- said of cattle. See Couchant and levant, under Couchant.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Couch·ant a.
 1. Lying down with head erect; squatting.
 2. Her. Lying down with the head raised, which distinguishes the posture of couchant from that of dormant, or sleeping; -- said of a lion or other beast.
 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.
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