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Home Dictionary Name: ferFer' natur', animals
Fer' natur', animals. Beasts and birds of a wild disposition, such as deer, hares, coneys in a warren, pheasants, partridges, etc., as distingui-shed from those domit' natur', or tame, such as horses, sheep, poultry, etc. They are not whilst living the subjects of absolute property, so that they cannot be the subject of larceny, nor are they liable to distress for rent. But a man may acquire a qualified property in them, either (1) Per industriam, by 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 continues so long as they remain in a man's actual possession, but ceases if they regain their liberty, unless they have animus revertendi, as in the case of pigeons, tame hawks, etc. (2) Ratione impotenti', on account of their inability, as when birds, coneys, etc., make their nests or burrows on a mans' land, then he has a qualified property ...
transfer
transfer trans·ferred trans·fer·ring : to cause a transfer of trans·fer·abil·i·ty [trans-fər-ə-bi-lə-tē, trans-fər-] n trans·fer·able also trans·fer·ra·ble [trans-fər-ə-bəl] adj trans·fer·or [trans-fər-ȯr, trans-fər-ər] n trans·fer·ral [trans-fər-əl] n [trans-fər] n 1 : a conveyance of a right, title, or interest in real or personal property from one person or entity to another 2 : a passing of something from one to another [ of venue] [the of power] ...
infer
infer in·ferred in·fer·ring vt : to derive as a conclusion from facts or premises [could acceptance of the offer from the offeree's response] vi : to draw inferences in·fer·able also in·fer·ri·ble [in-fər-ə-bəl] adj ...
prefer
prefer pre·ferred pre·fer·ring 1 : to give (a creditor or debt) priority or preference [any preferred charges such as child support or alimony "In re Smiley, 427 P.2d 179 (1967)"] 2 : to bring forward for determination ;esp : to bring (a charge) against someone [the various means by which a grand jury might charges "State v. Byrd, 399 S.E.2d 267 (1990)"] ...
refer
refer re·ferred re·fer·ring : to send or direct for treatment, aid, service, information, or decision [referred the debtor to an attorney with expertise in bankruptcy] ;specif : commit ...
Animals
Animals may be divided into--(1) Domestic animals, such as dogs, horses, cows, etc., sometimes called animals mansuet' natur'. See White v. Fox, 48 TLR 641.(2) Animals that are naturally dangerous, i.e., wild beasts, such as lions, bears, etc.(3) Animals fer' natur', butharmless, such as hares, pheasants, partridges, etc. see FER' NATUR' and GAME.Animals of the first or second class are ordinary subjects of property in this country. But there is no property in those of the third class until they are caught or reclaimed. As to the liability of the owner for mischief done by a wild beast, or by a vicious domestic animal, see MISCHIEVOUS ANIMAL.Dogs. As to injury by dogs and seizure of stray dogs, see DOG.Malicious Damage. By the Malicious Damage Act, 1861, s. 40, the unlawful and malicious killing, maiming, or wounding of cattle is made a felony. And by s. 41, the unlawful and malicious killing or wounding any animal not being cattle, but being the subject of larceny at Common Law, or be...
Rooks
Rooks are animals (fer' natur'), and no action is maintainable for scaring them away from a rookery by discharging guns near it, Hannam v. Mockett, (1824) 2 B&C 934. But see FER' NATUR' and the qualified right of property, and therefore of action, ratione impotenti' in regard to young birds' nests....
Wild animal
Wild animal, means any animal specified in Schedules I to IV and found wild in nature. [Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 (53 of 1972), s. 2(36)]Wild animals, or animals fer' natur', animals of an untamable disposition. See ANIMALS, and FER' NATUR'....
intent
intent 1 : the act or fact of intending: as a : the design or purpose to commit a wrongful or criminal act called also criminal intent compare knowledge, mens rea, motive, negligence b : the purpose to commit a tortious act having consequences that the actor desires and believes or knows will occur constructive intent : intent that is inferred to exist (as from willfulness or recklessness) in relation to an act criminal intent : intent general intent : intent to perform an illegal act without the desire for further consequences or a precise result [there was a general intent to assault but not to kill] specific intent : intent to perform an illegal act with the knowledge or purpose that particular results will or may ensue [assaulted him with specific intent to kill] trans·ferred intent 1 : intent attributed to a person who intends to cause another harm when the harm is accidentally inflicted on an unintended victim 2 : a doctrine in tort and criminal law: a wrongdoer...
interfere
interfere -fered -fer·ing 1 : to act in a way that impedes or obstructs others 2 : to enter into the concerns of others ...
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