A forest assembly held three times a year in accordance with the Forest Charter of 1217, probably originally ‘to enable the forest officers to…
单词 | θ174781 |
释义 | society > law > administration of justice > judicial body, assembly, or court > [noun] > forest-courts (8) swanimote1189 A forest assembly held three times a year in accordance with the Forest Charter of 1217, probably originally ‘to enable the forest officers to… wood-speech1222 a kind of wood-mote. justice seat1607 English History. The highest forest court. wood-motea1610 now Historical, a court for determining cases in forest law, later called court of attachments (attachment, n. 3). Eyre of the Forest1622 Eyre of the Forest: a circuit court held periodically by the Justices of the Forest, hence called Justices in Eyre. Obsolete. wood-plea court1672 ? = wood-mote n. speech1687 A manorial court in the Forest of Dean (cf. quot. 1687 and speech-house, n.). Obsolete. forest-court1768 (see quot.). |
随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。