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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...
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 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....
Dog-draw
Dog-draw, the manifest deprehension of an offender against venison in a forest, when he was found drawing after a deer by the scent of a hound led in his hand; or where a person had wounded a deer or wild beast, by shooting at it, or otherwise, and was caught with a dog drawing after him to receive the same, Manwood, p. 2, c. viii. See STABLE-STAND....
Lawing of dogs
Lawing of dogs, the cutting several claws of the forefeet of dogs in the forest, to prevent their running at deer....
yellow-dog contract
yellow-dog contract see contract ...
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