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Fer' natur', animals

his reclaiming and making them tame by art and industry, or by so confining them that they cannot escape, e.g., deer in a park, hares or rabbits in an enclosed warren, etc. The property in them only

Evasion

Evasion, the act of escaping by means of artifice; a trick or subterfuge.

Estrays

animals domit' natur', 2 Steph. Com. A valuable tame animal founds wandering and ownerless; an animal that his escaped from its owner and wanders about, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 572.

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Drunkenness

drunkards, voluntarily submitting themselves, may be detained compulsorily for not more than two years. The drunkard, if he escapes from the retreat, may be apprehended and sent back by order of a justice of the peace. See

Death duties

Dymond on Death Duties. There is nothing illegal or immoral in making dispositions of property in order to escape death duties (per Lord Atkinson in A.-G. v. Richmond and Gordon (Duke), 1909 AC 475). See also ESTATE

Damage feasant or faisant

person damaged may distrain and impound them, as well by night as in the day, lest the beasts escape before taken; but they cannot be sold for the damage done; nor is there any privilege from the

Caveat actor

case of one who harbours or collects a dangerous thing, or anything likely to do mischief if it escapes, Rylands v. Fletcher, (1866) LR 1 Ex. 265; (1868) LR 3 HL 330; with that exception in which

Conspiracy

combining to injure the plaintiff, although if one of them did the same act by himself he would escape all liability (ibid. p. 629); but see, as to the limits of this rule, Mogul Steamship Co. v.

Breach of prison

Breach of prison, an escape by a prisoner lawfully in prison. See PRISON.

Bail

in order that he may be safely protected from prison, to which they have, if they fear his escape, etc., the legal power to deliver him. Means a security such as cash or a bond, especially security

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