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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.