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Forestaller

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

One who oommlts the offense 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 Bl. Comp. 170.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

forstaller.

In English law. One who forestalls; the obstruction of a way or road, or the hindering of a person or thing from passing.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

In old English law. Obstruction; hindrance; the offense of stopping the highway; the hindering a tenant who forestalis; one who commits the offense of forestalling. 3 Bl. Comm. 170; Cowell.

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

[L. Lat./or«te Wa/to.] In English law. The obstruction of a way or road, or the hindering a person or thing from passing. The besetting of a way by a tenant, in order to prevent his lessor from doming on the premises. 3 BL Com, 170. The lying between a deer and the forest, in the way he was to return, so as to stop him from returning. Crompt, Juried, 153.