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Dog days
A period of from four to six weeks in the summer variously placed by almanac makers between the early part of July and the early part of September canicular days so called in reference to the rising in ancient times of the Dog Star Sirius with the sun Popularly the sultry close part of the summer metaphorically a period of inactivity...
Dog Star
Sirius a star of the constellation Canis Major or the Greater Dog and the brightest star in the heavens called also Canicula and in astronomical charts alpha Canis Majoris See Dog days...
Dog
Dog. Draught.--The (English) Protection of Animals Act, 1911, s. 9, and the (English) Protection of Animals (Scotland) Act, 1912, s. 8, prohibit, under a penalty, the use of any dog in England or Scotland for the purpose of draught.Licenses.--Dog licenses are regulated by the (English) Dog Licenses Act, 1867 (30 Vict. c. 5), as amended by 32 & 33 Vict. c. 14, s. 38, 41 Vict. C. 15, ss. 17-23, and 42 & 43 Vict. c. 21, s. 26. They commence on the day of grant, and terminate on the 31st of December following; but procuring a license on the day of a conviction will not avoid the penalty up to 5l. under s. 8 of the Act of 1867, Campbell v. Strangways, (1877) 3 CPD 105. The present duty is 7s. 6d., to which it was raised from 5s. by the (English) Customs and Inland Revenue Act, 1878 (41 & 42 Vict. c. 15), and this s. is amended by s. 5 of the (English) Dogs Act, 1906. See Johnson v. Wilson, (1909) 2 KB 497. No duty is payable for dogs under six months old (Act of 1867, s. 10), or hound whelp...
Dog stealing
Dog stealing is punishable on summary conviction, for the first offence, by six months' imprisonment and hard labour, or fine not exceeding 20l. beyond the value of the dog. A second offence is, however, an indictable misdemeanour, punishable by imprisonment with or without hard labour not exceeding eighteen months. Similar punishment is provided for persons found in possession of dogs or their skins, knowing them to have been stolen, and a justice may order the restoration of the stolen property to the owner. Corruptly taking money or reward, to aid in the recovery of a stolen dog, is punishable by imprisonment with or without hard labour for eighteen months. Dogs are not the subject of larceny at common law. See (English) Larceny Act, 1861, ss. 18, 19, 21 and 22; Larceny Act, 1916, ss. 5 and 48, and Sched...
Curtail dog
A dog with a docked tail formerly the dog of a person not qualified to course which by the forest laws must have its tail cut short partly as a mark and partly from a notion that the tail is necessary to a dog in running hence a dog not fit for sporting...
Dog fancier
One who has an unusual fancy for or interest in dogs also one who deals in dogs...
Days of grace
Days of grace. Time of indulgence granted to an acceptor for the payment of his bill of exchange. It was originally a gratuitous favour (hence the name), but custom has rendered it a legal right.The number of these days varies according to the ancient custom or express law prevailing in each particular country. In the (English) United Kingdom, by the Bills of Exchange Act, 1882 (45 & 46 Vict. c. 61), s. 14, 'where a bill' (i.e., a bill of exchange or promissory note) 'is not payable on demand, the day on which it falls due is determined as follows:-Three days, called days of grace, are, in every case where the bill itself does not otherwise provide, added to the time of payment as fixed by the bill, and the bill is due and payable on the last day of grace,' with a proviso that where the last day of grace falls on Sunday, Christmas Day, or Good Friday, or a public fast or thanksgiving day, the bill is payable on the preceding business day, or on the succeeding business day if the last d...
Dog breeding establishment
Dog breeding establishment, is any premises (including a private dwelling) where more than two bitches are kept for the purpose of breeding for sale, Breeding of Dogs Act, 1973, s. 5(1) (UK) Halsbury's Laws of England (2), para 393, p. 191....
Dog spear
Dog spear, lawful in party's own wood, so that owner of killed dog failed to recover, Jordin v. Crump, (1841) 8 M&W 782....
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