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A hunting area allowed by royal charter, the private equivalent of a royal forest. Chases were larger than deer parks and were not enclosed by ditches and palings.

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in A Dictionary of Plant Sciences (2) Length: 19 words
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in A Dictionary of Ecology (4) Length: 19 words
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in The Oxford Dictionary of Local and Family History Length: 29 words
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in The Oxford Companion to Family and Local History (2) Length: 49 words

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