# Delimitation of Forests Act 1640, Section IV: Forests shall not extend beyond the Metes, &c. so returned.


Places not having Metes, &c. declared free.
And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the Forrests whereof the Meets Meers Limits and Bounds shall be so returned and certified by vertue of any the said Commissions as aforesaid from thenceforth shall not extend nor be extended nor be deemed adjudged or taken to extend any further in any wise then the Meets Meeres Limits and Bounds that shall be so returned and certified And that all the places and Territories that shall be without the Meets Meers Limits and Bounds so returned and certified shall be and are hereby declared to be from thenceforth free to all intents and purposes as if the same had never been Forrest or so reputed Any Act or Acts matter or thing whatsoever to the contrary there of notwithstanding

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/Cha1/16/16/section/IV (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/delimitation-of-forests-act-1640/section-IV
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