01 v. t. To reduce from the privileges of a forest to the state of common ground; to exempt from forest laws.
imp. & p. p.
Disafforested; p. pr. & vb. n.
Disafforesting
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To reduce from the privileges of a forest to the state of common ground; to exempt from forest laws.(Eng. Law)“By charter 9 Henry III. many forests were disafforested.” — Blackstone.