Forestall
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
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.
— Forestalled. In old English law. Obstruction ; hindrance;' the offense of stopping the highway ; the hindering a tenant from coming to his land; intercepting a deer bsfore 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.