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The produce or fruits of land sown or planted by a tenant, which belong to him, though his lease may terminate before harvest, and are, in the event of the tenant's death, the property of his executors.

In law, claim on the part of an outgoing tenant for the growing crops on the land.

em'bl-ments, n.pl. crops raised by the labour of the cultivator, but not fruits nor grass. [O. Fr. emblaer, to sow with corn--Low L. imblad[=a]re--in, in, bladum, wheat.]

[O.Fr., It., to sow with corn (Fr., It.) ; cf. A.S., short, leaf, fruity, Ger., leaf remotely akin to L., flowery bloomy Gr., to teem.] Growing crops of vegetable productions which are planted or sown with a view to speedy return, as grain, root crops, or vegetables, not trees, shrubs, or grass.