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Warren

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Warren [fr. waerande, Dut.; guerenne, Fr.]. A free warren is a franchise to have and keep certain wild beasts and fowls, called game, within the precincts of a manor, or other known place; in which animals the owner of the warren has a property, and consequently a right to exclude all other persons from hunting and taking them. It must be derived from a royal grant, or from prescription, which supposes such a grant, Williams on Rights of Common, p. 238. See Earl Beauchamp v. Winn, (1873) LR 6 HL at p. 238; Robinson v. Duleep Singh, (1879) 11 Ch D 798; Fitzhardinge(Lord) v. Purcell, (1908) 2 Ch 139.

1. A place for preservation of certain wildlife.

2. A privilege to keep wildlife as game.

3. The area to which privilege extends, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1583.

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