forest courts

forest courts
Courts which were instituted for the government of the king's forests in different parts of England, and for the punishment of all injuries done to the king's deer or venison, to the vert or greensward, and to the covert in which the deer were lodged. These were the courts of attachments, of regard, of sweinmote, and of justice-seat. See 3 Bl Comm 71.

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