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Ne rector prosternet arbores

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

An English statute against the felling of trees in churchyards by parsons.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

L. Lat. The statute 35 Edw. I. § 2, prohibiting rectors, i. e„ parsons, from cutting down the trees in church-yards. In Rutland v. Green, 1 Keb. 557, it was extended to prohibit them from opening new mines and working the minerals therein. Brown.