Ranger

Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Abbott (1879)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

A sworn officer of the forest to inquire of trespasses, and to drive the beasts of the forest out of the deforested ground into the forest. Jacob.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

An officer of the forest to prevent trespassers and to drive the beasts of the forest out of the disafforested land into the forest. Their duties were limited to districts outside the forest known as purlieus.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In forest law. A sworn officer of the forest, whose office chiefly consists in three points: To walk daily through his charge to see, hear, and inquire as well of trespasses as trespassers in hls bailiwick; to drive the beasts of the forest, both of venery and chace, out of the deafforested into the forested lands; and to present ali trespassers of the forest at the next courts holden for the forest. Cowell.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

In English law. A sworn officer of the forest, whose office chiefly consists in preventing and prosecuting trespasses.

Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence

Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879

In old English law, a sworn officer of the royal forests, whose duties were to walk daily through the territory in his charge; to inquire of trespasses and trespassers within his jurisdiction; to drive beasts of the forest out of the disafforested into the forested lands; and to present all trespasses of the forest at the nest court holden for the forest. See Termes de la Ley; Cowel. ment in order of precedence; also, one's degree or place in such order. Ranking of creditors, is the Scotch term for the arrangement of the property of a debtor according to the claims of the creditor^ in consequence of the nature of their respective securities. BeU. The corresponding process in England is the marshalling of securities in a suit or action for redemption or foreclosure. Paterson.