The Charter of the Forests had for its object the disafforesting several of those tracts, the prevention of future afforestings, the mitigation and ascertainment of the punishments for breaches of the Forest Law.
Burke explains the purpose of the Charter of the Forests in addressing issues related to the Forest Law.
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