In English law. A forester. An officer who takes care of the woods and forests. De forcstario apponendo, a writ which lay to appoint a forester to prevent further commission of waste when a tenant in dower had committed waste. Bract. 316; Du Cange.
In Scotch law. A forester or keeper of woods, to whom, by reason of his office, retains the bark and the hewn branches. And, when he rides through the forest, he may take a tree as high as his own head. Skene de Verb. Sign.