The Dean Forest (Encroachments) Act 1838 (1 & 2 Vict. c. 42) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom relating to the Forest of Dean.
The whole Act, so far as unrepealed, was repealed by section 1(4) of, and the Schedule to, the Wild Creatures and Forest Laws Act 1971.
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