Legal Term Dictionary

Foresaken; disavowed. 10 Edw. II. c. 1.

Foresaken; disavowed. 10 Edw. II. c. 1. Less...

That part of the land adjacent to the sea which is alternately covered and left dry by the ordinary How of the tides; i. e., by the medium line between the greatest and least range of tide, (spring tides and neap tides.) Sweet

That part of the land adjacent to the sea which is alternately covered and left dry by the ordinary How of the tides; i. e., by the medium line between the greatest and least range of tide, (spring tides and neap tides.) Sweet Less...

In old English law. A certain territory of wooded ground and fruitful pastures, privileged for wild beasts and fowls of forest, chase, and warren, to rest and abide in the safe protection ot the prince for his princely delight and pleasure, having a peculiar court and officers. Manw. For. Laws, More...

In old English law. A certain territory of wooded ground and fruitful pastures, privileged for wild beasts and fowls of forest, chase, and warren, to rest and abide in the safe protection ot the prince for his princely delight and pleasure, having a peculiar court and officers. Manw. For. Laws, c. 1, no. 1; Termes de la Ley; 1 Bl. Comm. 289. A royal hunting-ground which lost its peculiar character with the extinction of its courts, or when the franchise passed into the hands of a subject. Spelman; Cowell. The word is also used to signify a franchise or right, being the right of keeping, for the purpose of hunting, the wild beasts and fowls of forest chase, park, and warren, in a territory or precinct of woody ground or pasture set apart for the purpose. 1 Steph. Comm. 665. -Forest courts. In English law. Courts instituted for the government of the king's forest in different parts of the kingdom, and for the punishment of all injuries done to the king's eer or venison, to the vert or greensward, and to the covert in which such deer were lodged. They 'consisted of the courts of attachments, of regard, of sweinmote, and of justice-seat; but in later times these courts are no longer held. 3 Bl. Comm. 71.-Forest law. The system or body of old law relating to the royal forests. -Forestage. A duty or tribute payable to the king's foresters. Cowell.-Forester. A sworn officer of the forest, appointed by the king's letters patent to walk the forest, watching both the vert and the venison, attaching and presenting all trespassers against them within their own bailiwick or walk. These letters patent were generally granted during good behavior; but sometimes they held the office in fee. Blount Less...

A duty or tribute payable to the king's foresters. Cowell.

A duty or tribute payable to the king's foresters. Cowell. Less...

To intercept or obstruct a passenger on the king's highway. CowelL To beset the way of a tenant so as to prevent his coming on the premises. 3 Bl. Comm. 170. To intercept a deer on his way to the forest before he can regain it Cowell. -ForestaUer. In old More...

To intercept or obstruct a passenger on the king's highway. CowelL To beset the way of a tenant so as to prevent his coming on the premises. 3 Bl. Comm. 170. To intercept a deer on his way to the forest before he can regain it Cowell. -ForestaUer. In old English law. Obstruction; hindrance; the offense of stopping the highway; the hindering a tenant from coming to his land; intercepting a deer before it can regain the forest. Also one who forestalls; one who commits the offense of forestalling. 3 Bl. Comm. 170; CowelL-Forestalling. Obstructing the highway. Intercepting a person on the highway. Less...

The act of the buying or contracting for any merchandise or provision on its way to the market, with the intention of selling it again at a higher price; or the dissuading persons from bringing their goods or provisions there; or persuading them to enhance the price when there. 4 More...

The act of the buying or contracting for any merchandise or provision on its way to the market, with the intention of selling it again at a higher price; or the dissuading persons from bringing their goods or provisions there; or persuading them to enhance the price when there. 4 Bl. Comm. 158. Barton v. Morris, 10 Phila. (Pa.) 361. This was formerly an indictable offense In England, but Is now abolished by St 7 & 8 Vict c. 24. 4 Steph. Comm. 201, note. Forestalling differs from "engrossing," in that the latter consists in buying up large quantities of merchandise already on the market, with a view to effecting a monopoly or acquiring so large a quantity as to be able to dictate prices. Both forestalling and engrossing may enter into the manipulation of what is now called a "corner." Less...

In English law. A forester. An officer who takes care of the woods and forests. De forcstario apponen-do, a writ which lay to appoint a forester to prevent further commission of waste when a tenant in dower had committed waste. Bract. 316; Du Cange. In Scotch law. A forester or More...

In English law. A forester. An officer who takes care of the woods and forests. De forcstario apponen-do, a writ which lay to appoint a forester to prevent further commission of waste when a tenant in dower had committed waste. Bract. 316; Du Cange. In Scotch law. A forester or keeper of woods, to whom, by reason of his office, i"er-tains the bark and the hewn branches. And, when he rides through the forest, he may take a tree as high as his own head. Skene de Verb. Sign. Less...

In Scotch law. Murder committed in consequence of a previous design. Ersk. Inst 4, 4, 50; Bell.

In Scotch law. Murder committed in consequence of a previous design. Ersk. Inst 4, 4, 50; Bell. Less...

In old English law.. The taking of provisions from any person in fairs or markets before the royal purveyors were served with necessaries for the sovereign. Cowell. Also the seizing and rescuing of stolen or strayed cattle from the hands of a thief, or of those having illegal possession of More...

In old English law.. The taking of provisions from any person in fairs or markets before the royal purveyors were served with necessaries for the sovereign. Cowell. Also the seizing and rescuing of stolen or strayed cattle from the hands of a thief, or of those having illegal possession of them; also the reward fixed for such rescue. Less...

To lose an estate, a franchise, or other property belonging to one, by the act of the law, and as a consequence of some misfeasance, negligence, or omission. Cassell v. Crothers, 193 Pa. 359, 44 Atl. 446; State v. De Cress, 72 Tex. 242, 11 S. W. 1029; State v. More...

To lose an estate, a franchise, or other property belonging to one, by the act of the law, and as a consequence of some misfeasance, negligence, or omission. Cassell v. Crothers, 193 Pa. 359, 44 Atl. 446; State v. De Cress, 72 Tex. 242, 11 S. W. 1029; State v. Walbrldge, 119 Mo. 383, 24 S. W. 457, 41 Am. St. Rep. 003; State v. Baltimore A O. R. Co., 12 Gill & J. (Mil.) 432, 38 Am. Dec. 319. The further ideas connoted by this term are that it is a deprivation, (that is, against the will of the losing party,) and that the property is either transferred to another or resumed by the original grantor. To incur a penalty; to become liable to the payment of a sum of money, as the consequence of a certain act. Less...