ranger

ranger
In old English law, a sworn officer of the forest, whose office chiefly consisted in three points: To walk daily through his charge to see, hear, and inquire as well of trespasses as trespassers in his bailiwick; to drive the beasts of the forest, both of venery and chace, out of the deafforested into the forested lands; and to present all trespassers of the forest at the next courts holden for the forest. Person responsible for maintaining and patrolling forests. Member of police force in Texas

Black's law dictionary. . 1990.

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