Captivity - Law Dictionary Search Results
Servi
as sold themselves for a livelihood. (2) Debtors sold because they were unable to pay their debts. (3) Captives in war, retained and employed as perfect slaves. (4) Nativi, servants born as such, solely belonging to the
Theows, Theowmen, or Thews
Theows, Theowmen, or Thews, slaves, captives, or bondsmen, Spelm. On Feuds, cap. 5.
To hold someone to ransom
To hold someone to ransom, means 'to hold some-one captive and demand payment for their release, Concise Oxford English Dictionary, 2002, p. 1186.
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Uncured trophy
Uncured trophy, means the whole of any part of any captive animal or wild animal, other than vermin, which has not undergone a process of taxidermy, and includes a
Coursing
follow by sight and not by scent and capture it by their swiftness. As to the coursing of captive animals, see the (English) Protection of Animals Act, 1911, s. 1, sub-s. 3 (b); Aplin v. Porritt, (1893)
Becharm
To charm to captivate
Birds
Poultry Act, 1911, and the Protection of Animals Act, 1911, as to cruelty to birds; and the (English) Captive Birds Shooting (Prohibition) Act, 1921, which prohibits the shooting of pigeons released from traps, etc. All wild birds
Animals
statutes are repealed and further provision made for the punishment of persons guilty of cruelty to domestic or captive animals, and the Court is empowered to order the destruction of the animal where necessary, and to deprive
Animal article
Animal article, 'animal article' means an article made from any captive animal or wild animal, other than vermin, and includes an article or object in which the whole or
Ransom
The release of a captive or of captured property by payment of a consideration redemption as prisoners hopeless of ransom
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