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forestallator

forestallator , forestaller, one who buys up goods before they reach market. de foristallatoribus in Burgo. nullus infra burgum habitans vel extra sit tam audax in die fori exire extra portas burgi ad emendum aliquam rem antequam veniat infra burgi januas Leg. IV Burg. 72; 1284 empciones regratariorum et forisstallatorum contra libertates dicte universitatis factas (Univ. Ox.) BBC 297; 1308 (v. forestallare 2); 1330, 1355 forstallatores (v. forestallaria forestallatio 2); 1375 R. C. emebat per forstallum iiij batellos plenos oystr’ diversis vicibus‥et est communis forstallator Leet Norw. 63; forstallores [sic] feni convicti MGL I 600 tit.; 1439 ad corrigendum ‥ regratarios, fristallatores [sic] et alios Reg. Heref. 245.

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