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Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

An under-officer of the forest, whose duty it was to oversee and true inquisition make, as well of sworn men as unsworn, in every bailiwick of the forest; and of all manner of trespasses done, either to vert or venison, and cause them to be presented, without any concealment, in the next court of attachment, etc.

Cromp. Jur. 201.