Forest in United States
Forest Definition
A certain territory of wooded ground and fruitful pastures, privileged for wild beasts and fowls of forest, chase, and warren, to rest and abide in the safe protection of the prince for his princely delight and pleasure, having a peculiar court and officers. Manw. For. Laws, c. 1, No. 1; Termes de la Ley; 1 Bl. Comm. 289. A royal hunting ground which lost its peculiar character with the extinction of its courts, or when a franchise passed into the hands of a subject. Spelman; Cowell; Manw. For. Laws, c. 1; 2 Bl. Comm. 83.
Forest in Foreign Legal Encyclopedias
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| Forest | Forest in the World Legal Encyclopedia. |
| Forest | Forest in the European Legal Encyclopedia. |
| Forest | Forest in the Asian Legal Encyclopedia. |
| Forest | Forest in the UK Legal Encyclopedia. |
| Forest | Forest in the Australian Legal Encyclopedia. |
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| Forest | Forest in the Family Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Forest | Forest in the IP Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Forest | Forest in the Commercial Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Forest | Forest in the Criminal Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Forest | Forest in the Antritrust Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Forest | Forest in the Bankruptcy Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Forest | Forest in the Constitutional Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Forest | Forest in the Tax Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Forest | Forest in the and Finance and Banking Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Forest | Forest in the Employment and Labor Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Forest | Forest in the Personal Injury and Tort Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Forest | Forest in the Environmental Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
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Legal Issue for Attorneys
A certain territory of wooded ground and fruitful pastures, privileged for wild beasts and fowls of forest, chase, and warren, to rest and abide in the safe protection of the prince for his princely delight and pleasure, having a peculiar court and officers. Manw. For. Laws, c. 1, No. 1; Termes de la Ley; 1 Bl. Comm. 289. A royal hunting ground which lost its peculiar character with the extinction of its courts, or when a franchise passed into the hands of a subject. Spelman; Cowell; Manw. For. Laws, c. 1; 2 Bl. Comm. 83.
Notice
This definition of Forest is based on The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary. This entry needs to be proofread.
Finding the law: Forest in the U.S. Code
A collection of general and permanent laws relating to forest, passed by the United States Congress, are organized by subject matter arrangements in the United States Code (U.S.C.; this label examines forest topics), to make them easy to use (usually, organized by legal areas into Titles, Chapters and Sections). The platform provides introductory material to the U.S. Code, and cross references to case law. View the U.S. Code’s table of contents here.