Definition of Bow-Bearer | OpenJurist

Definitions from Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition and Ballentine's Law Dictionary as are available for each term in each dictionary.

Bow-bearer

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

Definition:
A sort of forest police.
Bow-Bearer

Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition

Definition:
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.