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Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

A franchise for the pre- Co. Litt. 233. This franchise gave the grantee sole right of killing, so far as his warren extended, on condition of excluding other persons. 2 Sharswood, Bl, Comm. 39.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A franchise of hunting and preserving game in a warren.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

A franchise for the preserving and custody of beasts and fowls of warren. 2 Bla. Com. 39, 417; Co. Lltt. 233. This franchise gave the grantee sole right of killing, so far as his warren extended, on condition of excluding other persons. 2 Bla. Com. 39.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

A franchise for the preserving and custody of beasts and fowls of warren. 2 Bl. Comm. 39, 417; Co. Litt. 233. This franchise gave the grantee sole right of killing, so far as his warren extended, on condition of excluding other persons. 2 Bl. Comm. 39.

Defined under Warren in Black's Law Dictionary.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

A franchise for the preserving and custody of beasts and fowls of warren. 2 Bl. Comm. 39, 417; Co. Litt. 233. This franchise gave the grantee sole Tight of killing, so far as his warren extended, on condition of excluding other persons. 2 Bl. Comm. 39.

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

[L. Lat. libera warrena,] In English law. A royal franchise granted to a subject for the preservation or ctistody, (which the word toarren signifies,) of certain animals called beasts and fowls of warren; being the exclusive right of taking and killing game within certain limits.* 2 BL Com. 39, 417. 2 Steph. Com. 21. 1 Chitt. Gen. Pr. 223. See Warren,