01 n. Originally, the ground near a royal forest, which, having been unlawfully added to the forest, was afterwards severed from it, and disaffor…
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Originally, the ground near a royal forest, which, having been unlawfully added to the forest, was afterwards severed from it, and disafforested so as to remit to the former owners their rights.“Then as a tiger, who by chance hath spied In some purlieu two gentle fawns at play.” — Milton.
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Hence, the outer portion of any place; an adjacent district; environs; neighborhood.“brokers had been incessantly plying for custom in the purlieus of the court.” — Macaulay.