Forestall
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
To intercept or obstruct a passenger on the king’s highway. Cowell; Blount To beset the way of a tenant so as to prevent his coming on the premises.
3 Bla. Com. 170.
To intercept a deer on his way to the forest before he can regain it Cowell. See Forestalling the Market. F 0 REST A LL E R. One who commits the offence of forestalling. Used, also, to denote the crime itself; namely, the obstruction of the highway, or hindering a tenant from coming to his land.
3 Bla. Com. 170.
Stopping a deer before he regains the forest.
Cowell.