What is COURT OF THE CHIEF JUSTICE IN EYRE? Definition of COURT OF THE CHIEF JUSTICE IN EYRE in Black's Law Dictionary - Legal dictionary - Glossary of legal terms.
The highest of the courts of the forest, held every three years, by the chief justice, to inquire of purprestures or encroachments, assarts, or cultivation of forest land, claims to franchises, parks, warrens, and vineyards in the forest, as well as claims of the hundred, claims to the goods of felons found in the forest, and any other civil questions that might arise within the forest limits. But it had no criminal jurisdiction, except of offenses against the forest laws. It was called also the court of justice seat. Inderwick, King's Peace. Since the Restoration the forest laws have fallen into disuse. The office was abolished in 1817.
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