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Badger, means any number of the species Meles meles, Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 2, 4th Edn., Para 352, p. 163.

Badger [fr. baggage, Fr., a bundle, or fr. bladier, Fr., a corn-dealer, Wedgw.], a person who buys corn or victuals in one place, and carries them to another to sell and make profit by them. 5 Eliz. C. 12 empowered magistrates to license badgers for one year, upon their entering into certain recognizances. 7 & 8 Vict. c. 24 abolished the offence of badgering, and repealed the statutes passed in relation to it, as being pernicious and in restraint of trade.