Enclosure or inclosure's the process by which common land's taken into fully private ownership and use. Common land's land which's owned by one person, but over which other people have certain traditional rights, such as arable farming, mowing meadows for hay, or grazing livestock. Under enclosure, such land's fenced (enclosed) and deeded or entitled to one or more private owners, who then enjoy the possession and fruits of the land to the exclusion of all others. "Enclosure"'s the modern spell… (More on Enclosure)