Rooks
Legal definition for Indian law research
Definition
Rooks are animals (fer' natur'), and no action is maintainable for scaring them away from a rookery by discharging guns near it, Hannam v. Mockett, (1824) 2 B&C 934. But see FER' NATUR' and the qualified right of property, and therefore of action, ratione impotenti' in regard to young birds' nests.
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