Forest law

is a special code under which forests are administered. Some times entire s are designated “royal forests” in which sometimes onerous forest laws have precedence over all other local or common laws. The basic objective of forest law is the preservation of the as a habitat for wildlife, primarily because the principal source of  for the  is hunting. is probably the most common on. This is particularly dangerous in royal forests which are policed by sometimes over-zealous s.

“” is a legal term that has nothing to do with s, although most such areas are wooded. The exact nature of forest law varies from one hundred to another; everywhere it represents a compromise between local tradition and the needs and wants of the crown. Forest law is unpopular with those who live under it, forbidding any activity harmful to most wildlife. A cannot cut  (he or she must rely on ), their s are limited in their grazing, and they cannot clear new land for  without consent.

The forests have many frontier characteristics; justice can be quick and rough. Officially s only have the power to apprehend miscreants and bring them to the for trial, but many act like hired thugs. A first offender might be severely beaten; a repeat offender will be lucky to escape with, for some are summarily hanged. Peasants dread visits by the foresters, and a hush will fall over any they enter. Such abuses are tolerated by an otherwise liberal monarch because forests are considered a vital royal privilege.

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