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Reserved forests

Reserved forests, 'reserve forests' are those areas of forest land which are constituted as 'reserve forests' under Ch. II of the Act, Union of India v. Abdul Jalil,

Disforestation

The act of clearing land of forests

Escapio quietus

Escapio quietus, delivered from that punishment which by the laws of the forest lay upon those whose beasts were found upon forbidden land, Jac. Law Dict.

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Material resources

Edition) Vol. 37-A, the word 'Resources' has been defined at page 16 thus: Resources included products of farm, forest, manufacture, art, education, etc. The 'resources' of a country include its land, timber, coal, crops, improvements, railways, factories

Purliue

Purliue [fr. poirallee, Fr.], land formerly added to an ancient forest by unlawful encroachment, and disafforested by the Charta de Foresta, 4 Inst. 303. See Williams on Rights of

Whitehart silver

Whitehart silver, a mulct on certain lands in or near to the forest of Whitehart, paid into the Exchequer, imposed by Henry III. upon Thomas de la Linda, for killing a … Whitehart silver, a mulct on certain lands in or near to the forest of Whitehart, paid into the Exchequer, imposed by Henry III. upon Thomas

Royal forests

Royal forests. A hunting territory for the King's princely delight and pleasure. Its boundaries are ascertained by record, or prescription; … as the end of the sixteenth century. Control and jurisdiction are now vested in the Commissioners of Crown lands. See Crown Lands Acts, 1851 and 1866, and Forestry Acts, 1919 (9 & 10 Geo. 5, c. 58),

Forest

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Gale

used as meaning the right granted by the Crown to mine or to quarry in parts of the Forest of Dean. [See the Forest of Dean (Mines) Act, 1838] Rent paid by a free miner the galled … Act, 1838] Rent paid by a free miner the galled for the right to mine a plot of land; A licence to mine a plot of land, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 687.

Agistment

called 'tacks') for rent is imposed by s. 35 of the Agricultural Holdings Act, 1923. See also Manwood's Forest Laws, cc. 11-80, where to 'agist' is to take in and feed strangers' cattle in the Royal Forest … taking in of other men's cattle into pasture-land, at a certain rate per week, without letting them the land for their exclusive use as tenants; so called because the cattle are suffered agiser, i.e., to be levant

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