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Forestagium

Defined in 7 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

A tribute payable to the king's foresters. Cowell. Blount. To beset the way of a tenant so as to prevent his coming on the premises. 3 Bl. Comm. 170. To intercept a deer on his way to the forest before he can regain it. Cowell. To commit the crime of forestalling the market.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Forestage.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

A tribute payable to the king’s foresters. Cowell.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

A duty or tribute payable to the king's foresters. Co.weli.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

I. I.

In old English law. A duty or tribute payable to the king's foresters.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

<A duty or tribute payable to the king’s foresters. Cowell.

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

Lat. [from foresta, q. v.] A duty or tribute payable to the king's foresters. CowelL Blount. Chart 18 Edw. I., cited ibid.