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Boscus

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

Wood growing; wood; both high.wood or trees, and underwood or coppice. The high wood is properly called saltus. Cowell; Spelman; Co. Litt. 5a.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Wood; growing wood of any kind, large or small, timber or coppice. Cowell; Jacet).

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

Wood; growing wood of any kind, large or small, timber or coppice. Cowell; Jacob.

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

Lat. [Ital. bosco, Flem. bosc, from Gr. ^daxe^y, to feed; Fr. bois,] In old English law. Wood generally; all manner of wood. Co, Litt. 4 b. Reg, Orig, 1 h, 2. Magna Charia, c. 21. 2 Inst, 36. Wood growing; a wood, {sylva,) Towns, PI, 23, 51, 195. Stat, Merton, c. 4. It was divided into high wood, (Fr. haulbois,) or timber, (L. Lat. mceremium, saltus); and underwood or coppice, {sub-boscus; Fr. sub'bois,) Spelman, voc. Boscagium. Cowell. Blount,