Purlieu
Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Stimson (1881)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In English law. A space of land near a forest, known by certain boundaries, which was formerly part of a forest, but which has been separated from it. The history of purlieus is this: Henry II., on taking possession of the throne, manifested so great a taste for forests that he enlarged the old ones wherever he could, and by this means enclosed many estates which had no outlet to the public roads; and things increased in this way until the reign of King John, when the public reclamations were so great that much of this land was disforested, — that is, no longer had the privileges of the forests; and the land thus separated bore the name of "purlieu."
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
In English Law. A space of land near a forest, known by certain boundaries, which was formerly part of a forest, but which has been separated from it. The history of purlieus is this. Henry II., on taking possession of the throne, manifested so great a taste for forests that he enlarged the old ones wherever he could, and by this means enclosed many estates which had no outlet to the public roads; forests increased in this way until the reign of king John, when the public reclamations were so great that much of this land was disforested, — that is, no longer had the privileges of the forests— and the land thus separated bore the name of purlieu. See Forest Laws.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
-Purlieu-men. Those who have ground within the purlieu to the yearly value of 40s. a year freehold are licensed to hunt in their own purlieus. Manw. c. 20, § 8.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
I fr. Land adjoining to a forest, originally within the forest but afterward disafforested by perambulation.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
A place (disforested) on the edge of a forest.