drift of the forest

drift of the forest. Hist. A periodic examination of forest cattle by officers who drive them to an enclosed place to determine their ownership or common status.

“Drift of the forest is nothing else but an exact view or examination taken once, twice, or oftener in a year as occasion shall require, what beasts there are in the forest, to the end that the common in the forest be not overcharged, that the beasts of foreigners that have no common there be not permitted, and that beasts not commonable may be put out.” Termes de la Ley 185–87 (1st Am. ed. 1812).

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资深译员Sheldon，毕业于亚洲顶尖的高级翻译学院，擅长翻译有关零售和消费品领域的法律文件。