Cattle Gate - Law Dictionary Search Results
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Cattle-gate, common for one beast.Gated or stinted pastures are types of commonable lands which prevail largely in the north of England and the rights over them are known by a number of different names, such as cattlegate, beastgate, pasturegate, Mellington v. Goodtitle, (1738) Andr 106....
Cattle
Cattle [derived by Skinner, Menage, and Spelman fr. Capitalia, quac aspr copr ad caput pertinent, personal goods; in which sense Chttels is yet used. Mandeville uses Catele for price], beasts of pasture, either wild or domestic.The term, though often limited to horned domestic animals, may include (see Wright v. Pearson, LR 4 QB 582) horses and sheep; and also pigs and asses, R. v. Chapple, Russ & Ry. 77; R. v. Whitney, 1 Mood. 3.Means bulls, cows, steers, heifers and calves, Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 2, para 483, p. 246 [Animal Health Act, 1981, s. 89(1) (UK)]As to injury to cattle by a dog, see Dogs Act, 1906, in which, by s. 7, 'cattle' includes 'horses, mules, asses, goats and swine.' See Dog.As to larceny of cattle, see Larceny Act, 1916, s. 3, and as to killing cattle, etc., with intent to steal the carcase, skin, or any part of the animal killed, see s. 4.As to the malicious wounding of cattle, see (English) Malicious Damage Act, 1861, ss. 40 and 41.As to the prevention o...
Lych gate
Lych gate, the gate into a churchyard, with a roof or awning hung on posts over it to cover the body brought for burial, when it rests underneath....
Traitor's Gate
Traitor's Gate, the river gate of the Tower of London by which traitors, and state prisoners generally, were committed to the Tower, Oxf. Dict...
Cattle fair
Cattle fair, the expression 'cattle fair' is not defined in the Act. The Legislature, when it did not furnish the definition of the expression 'cattle fair' must be deemed to have used the expression in its ordinary signification, as meaning, a periodical concourse of buyers and sellers in generally a place for sale and purchase of cattle at times or on occasions ordained custom, Municipal Committee v. State of Punjab, AIR 1969 SC 1100 (1104): (1969) 1 SCC 475. [Punjab Cattle Fairs (Regulation) Act, (6 of 1968)...
gate crashing
entering a gathering uninvited as gate crashing guests disrupted the party...
Gated
Having gates...
lock gate
a gate that can be locked...
Cattle fodder
Cattle fodder, in generic sense the expression 'cattle fodder' is inclusive of everything that is fed to cattle including damaged wheat, C.S.T. v. Ram Chandra Asa Ram, (2001) 9 SCC 313 (316). [Uttar Pradesh Trade Tax Act, 1948 (15 of 1948), s. 3, Notification date 5-6-1985, Entry 10]...
Bovine cattle
Bovine cattle, the expression species of 'bovine cattle' is wide enough to include and does in ordinary parlance include buffaloes, (male, or female adults or calves), Mohd. Hanif Quareshi v. State of Bihar, AIR 1958 SC 731 (737): 1959 SCR 731. [Bihar Preservation and Improvement of Animals Act, 1956 (2 of 1956), s. 2]...
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