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NE RECTOR PROSTERNET ARBORES

L. Latin: The statute 35 Edw. I. Section 2, prohibiting rectors, i.e.t parsons, from cutting down the trees in church-yards. In Rutland v. Green, 1 Keb. 557, it was extended to prohibit them from opening new mines and working the minerals therein. Brown.

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