The Collaborative International Dictionary
Forest laws
Forest \For"est\, a. Of or pertaining to a forest; sylvan. Forest fly. (Zo["o]l.)
One of numerous species of blood-sucking flies, of the family Tabanid[ae], which attack both men and beasts. See Horse fly.
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A fly of the genus Hippobosca, esp. H. equina. See Horse tick.
Forest glade, a grassy space in a forest.
--Thomson.Forest laws, laws for the protection of game, preservation of timber, etc., in forests.
Forest tree, a tree of the forest, especially a timber tree, as distinguished from a fruit tree.
Usage examples of "forest laws".
He caused Magna Charta to be still more improved, and so amended the Forest Laws that a Peasant was no longer put to death for killing a stag in a Royal Forest, but was only imprisoned.