Forstal

Forestal, Forstall; in Domesday, Foristel, Faristel, Sax. [from fore, before, or fare, a way, and stal, or steel, a standing; L. Lat. forstallatio, forstallamentum.] In old English law. A standing before, or stopping; a stopping of the way, (via obstructio;) a stopping or intercepting on the road; forstalment, forestaller, or forestalling, (qq. v.) The stopping of a deer broken out of the forest, from returning home again, or lying between him and the forest, in the way he was to return.

Crompt.

Jur. fol. 153. (Impedimentum transitus et fugae averiorum.) Fleta, lib.

1, c. 42, 47.

The stopping or assaulting of a person on the highway. Plac. Parl. 18 Edw. I. The stopping of merchandise on its way to market.

See Forestalling.