Blacks Law Dict. 1st ed

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FORFEIT

FORESCHOKE. Forsaken; disavowed. 10 Edw. II. c. 1. FORESHORE. That part of the land ad jacent to the sea which is alternately covered and left dry by the ordinary flow of the tides; i. e., by the medium line between the greatest and least range of tide, (spring tides and neap tides.) Sweet. FOREST. In old English law. A cer tain territory of wooded ground and fruitful pastures, privileged for wild beasts and fowls of forest, chase, and warren, to rest and abide in the sate protection of the prince for his princely delight and pleasure, having a pecul iar court and officers. Manw. For. Laws, c. 1, no. 1; Termes dela Ley; 1 Bl. Comm. 289. A royal hunting-ground which lost its pe culiar character with the extinction of its courts, or when the franchise passed into the hands of a subject. Spelman; Cowell. The word is also used to signify a franchise or right, being the right of keeping, for the purpose of hunting, the wild beasts and fowls of forest, chase, park, and warren, in a ter ritory or precinct of woody ground or pasture set apart for the purpose. 1 Stepb. Comm. 665. FOREST COURTS. In English law. Courts instituted for the government of the king's forest in different parts of the king dom, and for the punishment of all injuries done to the king's deer or venison, to the ve> t or greensward, and to the covert in which such deer were lodged. They consisted of the courts of attachments, of regard, of swein mote, and of justice-seat; but in later times these courts are no longer held. 3 Bl. Comm. 71. FOREST LAW. The system or body of old law relating to the royal forests. FORESTAGE. A duty or tribute pay able to the king's foresters. Cowell. FORESTAGIUM. A duty or tribute payable to the king's foresters. Cowell. FORESTALL. To intercept or obstruct a passenger on the king's highway. Cowell. To beset the way of a tenant so as to prevent his coming on the premises. 3 Bl. Comm. 170. To intercept a deer on his way to the forest before he can regain it. Cowell. FORESTALLER. In old English law. Obstruction; hindrance; the offense of stop ping the highway; the hindering a tenant from coming to his land; intercepting a deer before it can regain the forest. Also one

who forestalls; one who commits the offense of forestalling. 3 Bl. Comm. 170; Cowell. FORESTALLING. Obstructing the highway. Intercepting a person on the high way. FORESTALLING THE MARKET. The act of the buying or contracting for any merchandise or provision on its way to the market, with the intention of selling it again at a higher price; or the dissuading per sons from bringing their goods or pro visions there; or persuading them to enhance the price when there. 4 Bl. Comm. 158. This was formerly an indictable offense in England, but is now abolished by St. 7 & 8 Viet. c. 24. 4 Steph. Comm. 291, note. FORESTARIUS. In English law. A forester. An officer who takes care of the woods and forests. De forestario apponen do, a writ which lay to appoint a forester to prevent further commission of waste when a tenant in dower had committed waste. Bract. 316; Du Cange. In Sooteh law. A forester or keeper of woods, to whom, by reason of his office, per tains the bark and the hewn branches. And, w hen he rides through the forest, he may take a tiee as high as his own head. Skeue de Verb. Sign. FORESTER. A sworn officer of the forest, appointed by the king's letters patent to walk the forest, watching both the vert and the venison, attaching and presenting all trespassers against them within their own bailiwick or walk. These letters patent were generally granted during good behavior; but sometimes they held the office in fee. Blount. FORETHOUGHT FELONY. In Scotch law. Murder committed in conse quence of a previous design. Ersk. Inst. 4, 4, 50; Bell. FORFANG. In old English law. The taking of provisions from any person in fairs or markets before the royal purveyors were served with necessaries for the sovereign. Cowell. Also the seizing and rescuing of stolen or strayed cattle from the hands of a thief, or of those having illegal possession of them; also the reward fixed for such rescue. FORFEIT. To lose an estate, a fran chise, or other property belonging to one, by the act of the law, and as a consequence of some misfeasance, negligence, or omission. The further ideas connoted by this term are that it is a deprivation, (that is, against the

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