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WARREN , properly an old See also:term of the See also:English See also:forest See also:law, derived from the O. Fr. See also:warenne, varenne, garenne (med. See also:Lat. warenna, warir, to guard, cf. " See also:- WARD
- WARD, ADOLPHUS WILLIAM (1837- )
- WARD, ARTEMUS
- WARD, EDWARD MATTHEW (1816-1879)
- WARD, ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS (1844-1911)
- WARD, JAMES (1769--1859)
- WARD, JAMES (1843– )
- WARD, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (1830-1910)
- WARD, LESTER FRANK (1841– )
- WARD, MARY AUGUSTA [MRS HUMPHRY WARD]
- WARD, WILLIAM (1766-1826)
- WARD, WILLIAM GEORGE (1812-1882)
ward "), and applied to one of the three lesser franchises, together with " See also:chase " and " See also:park," included under the highest See also:franchise, the " forest," and ranking last in See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order of importance. The " beasts of warren " were the See also:hare, the coney (i.e. See also:rabbit), the See also:pheasant and the See also:partridge. The word thus became used of a piece of ground preserved for these beasts of warren. It is now applied loosely to any piece of ground, whether preserved or not, where rabbits breed (see FOREST See also:LAWS).
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