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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
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Fr. See also: warenne, varenne, garenne (med
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See also: Lat. warenna, warir, to guard, cf
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" See also: ward "), and applied to one of the three lesser franchises, together with "
See also: chase " and " See also: park," included under the highest franchise, the " forest," and ranking last in See also: order of importance
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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
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The word thus became used of a piece of ground preserved for these beasts of warren
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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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