FOREST COURTS
\fˈɒɹɪst kˈɔːts], \fˈɒɹɪst kˈɔːts], \f_ˈɒ_ɹ_ɪ_s_t k_ˈɔː_t_s]\
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Old courts for governing the royal forests. They were : Woodmote, held by verderers every forty days, to try offences against vert or venison ; court of regard, every third year, for expeditation of mastiffs ; sweinmote, thrice a year before the verderers and a jury of sweins (freeholders) ; justice seat, before the justice in eyre.
By Henry Percy Smith
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