dischasev.
/dɪsˈtʃeɪs/, U.S. /dɪsˈtʃeɪs/ Now rare (historical in later use).
transitive. To change the legal status of (an area of land) from that of a chase (chase n.1 3) to that of ordinary land.
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society > law > legal power > [verb (transitive)] > free from forest, etc., laws
disafforesta1450
disforestc1503
deforesta1552
de-afforest1640
dischase1726
de-awarren1727
diswarren1727
1726 Jrnls. House of Commons 28 Feb. 20 593/2 An ingrossed Bill..intituled An Act for dischasing and disfranchising the Chace of Alrewas Hay.
1801 Act for Dividing, Allotting, & Inclosing Forest of Needwood in Statutes Great Brit. & Ireland (1804) I. 234 The Whole of the said Forest or Chase of Needwood shall be, and the same is hereby disafforested and dischased to all Intents and Purposes whatsoever.
1880 F. C. Cass Monken Hadley 6 It was known as the Park or Chace of Enfield, and was only dischased towards the close of the last century.
1908 Home Counties Mag. 10 98 The Chase was dischased by Parliament from 1st January, 1779, and the deer, which were very numerous, were taken to the park of the Earl of Bute.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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