Les termes de la ley; or, Certain difficult and obscure words and terms of the common laws and statutes of this realm now in use, expounded and explained Now corrected and enlarged. With very great additions throughout the whole book, never printed in any other impression.

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Title: Les termes de la ley; or, Certain difficult and obscure words and terms of the common laws and statutes of this realm now in use, expounded and explained Now corrected and enlarged. With very great additions throughout the whole book, never printed in any other impression.
Author: Rastell, John, d. 1536.
Publication: London :: printed by W. Rawlins, S. Roycroft and M. Flesher, assigns of Richard and Edward Atkins Esquires. For G. Walbanke, S. Heyrick, J. Place, J. Poole, and R. Sare,; 1685.
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Subject terms: Law -- Dictionaries -- Early works to 1800.
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Fence-moneth.

FEnce-moneth is a Forrest word, and signifies the time of 31 days in the year, that is to say, 15 days before Mid∣summer, and 15 days after, in which time it is forbidden for any man to hunt in the For∣rest, or to go into it to di∣sturb the wild Beasts. The reason of which is, because the Female Deer do then Fawn. And therefore this Moneth is called the Fence-moneth, or De∣fence-moneth, for that the Deer are then to be defend∣ed from scare or fear. See Manwood. Forrest Laws, cap. 13. fol. 90. b.