disafforest

/ ˌdɪsəˈfɒrɪst /

verb

1. English law to reduce (land) from the status of a forest to the state of ordinary ground
2. to remove forests from (land)

Derived Forms

• ˌdisafˌforesˈtation, noun

Example Sentences

Disforest, dis-for′est, v.t. to strip of trees: to disafforest.

From Project Gutenberg

Disafforest, dis-af-for′est, v.t. to deprive of the privilege of forest laws: to bring into the condition of common land.—ns.

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Lindsay therefore wrote to the king to try to "disafforest" the lands which were contiguous to the monastery, and he effected his object by payment of 1320 marks.

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In order to execute the lesser charter, it was requisite, by new perambulations, to set bounds to the royal forests, and to disafforest all land which former encroachments had comprehended within their limits.

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