{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/delimitation-of-forests-act-1640/section-II",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/delimitation-of-forests-act-1640/section-II.json",
  "legislation": "aep/Cha1/16/16",
  "legislation_title": "Delimitation of Forests Act 1640",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/delimitation-of-forests-act-1640",
  "path": "section/II",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "II",
  "heading": "No Place where no Justice Seat, Swainemote, Court of Attachment, &c.",
  "text": "hath been within 60 Years, before 1 Car. I. shall be accounted Forest.\nAnd be it further enacted by the Authoritie aforesaid That no place or places within this Realm of England or Dominion of Wales where no such Justice seat Swainemote or Court of Attachment have been held or kept or where no Verderers have been chosen or regard made within the space of sixtie yeares next before the first yeare of his Majesties Reigne that now is shall be at any time hereafter judged deemed or taken or taken to be Forrest or within the bounds or meets of the Forrests But the same shall be from henceforth for ever hereafter disafforrested and freed and exempted from the Forrests Laws Any Justice seat Swainemote or Court of Attachment held or kept within or for any such place or places at any time or times since the begining of his Majesties said Reigne or any presentment enquiry Act or thing heretofore made or hereafter to be made or done to the contrary notwithstanding",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/Cha1/16/16/section/II",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:42:13.086567+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}