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Ranger

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

An officer of the forest to prevent trespassers and to drive the beasts of the forest out of the disafforested land into the forest. Their duties were limited to districts outside the forest known as purlieus.