Deafforest
Defined in 7 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In old English law. To
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
To take from a forest its character as such and thus to remove it from forest law.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In old English law. To discharge from being forest. To free from forest laws.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
In English lease from the forest
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In old English law. To discharge trom being forest. To free from forest laws.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
To discharge from being ^forest law.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
[L. Lat. deafforestare, deforestare.] In English law. To discharge from being a forest; to release or exempt from the forest law. Stat. 17 Car. 1, c. 16. Reg. Jud. 83 b. See Disafforest.