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verderer
[ vur-der-er ]
noun
- an English judicial officer in the royal forests having charge especially of the vert, or trees and undergrowth.
verderer
/ ˈvɜːdərə /
noun
- English legal history a judicial officer responsible for the maintenance of law and order in the royal forests
Other Words From
- verder·er·ship noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of verderer1
Example Sentences
The Friends of the Wild Boar group maintains that numbers are much lower than believed by the Forestry Commission At the end of August, a meeting was held in Coleford to discuss the issues between the commission , a verderer, and two conservationists.
Chair of the meeting, verderer Ian Standing, said those present agreed how hard it was to determine exact numbers of the feral animals.
The verderer was a judicial officer chosen in full county by the freeholders in the same manner as the coroner.
There is a very curious old grant from the Prior of Penruthyn, which my uncle has at Ware, of a right to pasture a certain number of cows in the park, on condition of aiding the verderer in keeping up the green underwood.
The master-forester, or captain for the year, is the maker of the first “gold” at the annual target; he who makes the second is the senior verderer.
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