Forestall

To intercept or obstruct a passenger on the king’s highway. Cowell; Blount To beset the way of a tenant so as to prevent his coming on the premises. 3 Bla. Com. 170. To intercept a deer on his way to the forest before he can regain it Cowell. See Forestalling the Market. F 0 REST A LL E R. One who commits the offence of forestalling. Used, also, to denote the crime itself; namely, the obstruction of the highway, or hindering a tenant from coming to his land. 3 Bla. Com. 170. Stopping a deer before he regains the forest. Cowell.

To intercept or obstruct a passenger on the king's highway. Cowell 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.

— Forestalled. In old English law. Obstruction ; hindrance;' the offense of stopping the highway ; the hindering a tenant from coming to his land; intercepting a deer bsfore it can regain the forest. Also one who forestalls; one who commits the offense of forestalling. 3 Bl. Comm. 170; Cowell.

— Forestalling. Obstructing the highway. Intercepting a person on the highway.

forstall, forestal, forstal, sax.

In English law. To obstruct or stop up a way, to stop the passage of a person or thing on the highway. Forestall the market: to buy up provisions on the way to market with intent to sell at a higher price.

To obstruct a highway. Forestall buy up provisions on the way to a market, a higher price; a conspiracy to enhance the

Forstall, Forestal, Forstal. Sax. [from fore, before, or fare, a way, and stal, or stail, a standing or stopping; L. Lat. forstallare.] To obstruct or stop up a way, (viam praepedire;) to stop the passage of a person or thing on the highway; to intercept on the road. Spelman, voc. Forstall. 3 Bl. Com. 170. Co. Litt. 161 b. See Forestalling.