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Definition of Gamekeepers
1. gamekeeper [n] - See also: gamekeeper
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gamekeepers
Literary usage of Gamekeepers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Justice of the Peace, and Parish Officer: With the Practice of Country by John Frederick Archbold (1846)
"As this statute repealed all the former statutes relating to game, it virtually
repealed the authorities given to gamekeepers under former Acts; ..."
2. The Justice of the Peace, and Parish Officer, Comprising the Law Relative to by John Frederick Archbold (1840)
"Gamekeepers, Sfc. Who may appoint gamekeepers.] "Any lord of a manor, lordship,
or royalty, or reputed manor, lordship, or royalty, or any steward of the ..."
3. A Handy Book of the Game and Fishery Laws by George Colwell Oke (1863)
"Gamekeepers ; THEIR POWERS, DUTIES, AND PROTECTION IN ENGLAND. i & 2 wm. 4, By
1 & 2 Will. 4, c. 32, s. 13, it is enacted,— c. 32. ..."
4. Instructions to Young Sportsmen in All that Relates to Guns and Shooting by Peter Hawker (1844)
"No Appointments of Gamekeepers to be valid until registered with the Clerk of
the Peace. LIBERTY TO SELL GAME. See. 17. Certificated Persons may sell Game ..."
5. A Practical Treatise of the Law of Evidence, and Digest of Proofs, in Civil by Thomas Starkie (1891)
"or steward ; and to authorize euch gamekeepers, within the said limits, to seize
and take (g), ... As to apprehension of poachers by gamekeepers, see 9 Oeo. ..."
6. An Abridgment of the Law of Nisi Prius by William Selwyn (1845)
"Of the Appointment and Authority of Gamekeepers under the New Act. BY stat.
1 & 2 Will. IV. c. 32, s. 13, any lord of a manor lordship, or royalty, ..."
7. The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland [1807-1868/69] by Great Britain, George Kettilby Rickards (1832)
"And whereas Doubts have arisen whether Gamekeepers Gamekeepers appointed by the
Commissioners of His Majesty's Woods, appointed by the Forests, ..."
8. A Digest of the Law of Scotland: With Special Reference to the Office and by Hugh Barclay, Scotland (1855)
"... previously administered to the gamekeepers, if the latter are found in the wrong.
address or giving a false one. On the contrary, such power seems to ..."
9. The Justice of the Peace, and Parish Officer: With the Practice of Country by John Frederick Archbold (1846)
"As this statute repealed all the former statutes relating to game, it virtually
repealed the authorities given to gamekeepers under former Acts; ..."
10. The Justice of the Peace, and Parish Officer, Comprising the Law Relative to by John Frederick Archbold (1840)
"Gamekeepers, Sfc. Who may appoint gamekeepers.] "Any lord of a manor, lordship,
or royalty, or reputed manor, lordship, or royalty, or any steward of the ..."
11. A Handy Book of the Game and Fishery Laws by George Colwell Oke (1863)
"Gamekeepers ; THEIR POWERS, DUTIES, AND PROTECTION IN ENGLAND. i & 2 wm. 4, By
1 & 2 Will. 4, c. 32, s. 13, it is enacted,— c. 32. ..."
12. Instructions to Young Sportsmen in All that Relates to Guns and Shooting by Peter Hawker (1844)
"No Appointments of Gamekeepers to be valid until registered with the Clerk of
the Peace. LIBERTY TO SELL GAME. See. 17. Certificated Persons may sell Game ..."
13. A Practical Treatise of the Law of Evidence, and Digest of Proofs, in Civil by Thomas Starkie (1891)
"or steward ; and to authorize euch gamekeepers, within the said limits, to seize
and take (g), ... As to apprehension of poachers by gamekeepers, see 9 Oeo. ..."
14. An Abridgment of the Law of Nisi Prius by William Selwyn (1845)
"Of the Appointment and Authority of Gamekeepers under the New Act. BY stat.
1 & 2 Will. IV. c. 32, s. 13, any lord of a manor lordship, or royalty, ..."
15. The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland [1807-1868/69] by Great Britain, George Kettilby Rickards (1832)
"And whereas Doubts have arisen whether Gamekeepers Gamekeepers appointed by the
Commissioners of His Majesty's Woods, appointed by the Forests, ..."
16. A Digest of the Law of Scotland: With Special Reference to the Office and by Hugh Barclay, Scotland (1855)
"... previously administered to the gamekeepers, if the latter are found in the wrong.
address or giving a false one. On the contrary, such power seems to ..."
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