Court of Attachments. Hist. An inferior forest court with jurisdiction over trespasses of the royal forests. • The judges of this court (the verderers) met every 40 days to hear charges made by the royal foresters. Major trespass cases were heard by the justices in eyre. — Also termed wood-mote; forty-days court. See VERDERER.
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forest courts (英格兰古法)王室猎场法院 为管理王国各地的王室猎场而设的法院，以对破坏王室猎物、伤害猎场中鹿及其他猎物的行为予以处罚。由扣押法庭〔courts of attachments〕、护林法庭〔courts of regard〕、皇家林地中级法庭〔courts of sweinmote〕、林区高级法庭〔courts of justice-seat〕组成。王室猎场法院于1688年废止。
forty-days court (英格兰古法)四十天法庭 指御猎场中的扣押法庭〔courts of attachments〕，因每隔40天对所有违反御猎场法的行为进行审判而得名。 (→forest courts)
sweinmote (swayn-moht). Hist. A forest court held three times a year, before verderors as judges and freeholders of the forest as jurors, to try forest offenses. — Also spelled swainmote; swanimote; swainemote; swaingemote. “The court of sweinmote is to be holden before the verderors, as judges, by the steward of the sweinmote thrice in every
verderer (v[schwa]r-d[schwa]r-[schwa]r), n. [fr. French verdier “caretaker of green things”] Hist. A judicial officer who, being in charge of the king’s forest, is sworn to preserve the vert (foliage) and venison, to keep the assizes, and to view, receive, and enroll attachments and presentments on matters involving trespass. — Also spelled verderor. “In all the