court of attachments

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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译员海燕，毕业于法国顶尖的高级翻译学院，专注翻译各种与破产对抗诉讼有关的法律文件。