War'ren, n.
(wŏr'ren), n. [O. Fr. varenne, N. Fr. garenne, Pr. varena, garena, D. warande, L. Lat. warenna, from O. Fr. warer, garer, Pr. garar, to beware, to guard, defend, from O. H. Ger. warōn, A-S. warian, Goth. varjan, id.]
Sense 1. (Eng. Law.) (a.) A place privileged, by prescription or grant from the king, for keeping certain beasts and fowls called beasts and fowls of warren. (b.) A privilege which one has in his lands, by royal grant or prescription, of hunting and taking wild beasts and birds of warren, to the exclusion of any other person not entering by his permission.
Spelman. Burrill.
☞ The warren is the next franchise in degree to the park; and a forest, which is the highest in dignity, comprehends a chase, a park, and a free warren.
Sense 2. A piece of ground appropriated to the breeding and preservation of rabbits.
Sense 3. A place for keeping fish, in a river.