RANGER

In forest law. A sworn officer of the forest, whose office chiefly con• sists in three points: To walk daily through his charge to see, hear, and inquire ai;r well of trespa es as trespa ers in his bailiwick; to drive the. beasts of the forest, both of venery and chace, out of the deaf forested into the foreste!l lands; and to present all trespa ers of the forest at the next courts holden for the forest. Cowell. I RANK, _n. The order or place 1n which certain officers are placed in the army and navy, in relation to others. Wood v. U. S., 15 Ct. Cl. 158. RANK, adJ. In English law. Exce ive; too large in amount; as a rank modw. 2 BI. Comm. 30. RANKING OF CREDITORS is the Scotch term for the arrangement of the property of a debtpr according to the claims of the creditors, in consequence of the natur& of their respective securities. Bell. The corresponding proce 1n England is the marshalling of securities• 1n a suit or action for redemption· or foreclosure. Paters on. [s. 996]