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Fowls domestic
larceny. If they stray on to the land of others they can be distrained damage feasant but not killed. If they stray on to a highway and cause injury to a cyclist, their owner is not responsible
Infortunium, homicide per
Infortunium, homicide per, where a man doing a lawful act, without intention of hurt, unfortunately kills another. See HOMICIDE.
Deer
consumuntur [Paine v. Warwick (Countess), (1914) 2 KB 486]. The Larceny Act, 1861, contains many provisions as to killing and stealing deer, and otherwise for their protection (ss. 12-16); see Threlkeld v. Smith, (1901) 2 KB 531.
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Dependant and dependent
payment of compensation.' If several members of a family who contribute to the maintenance of the household are killed, the family is partly dependent on the earnings of each, Hodgson v. West Stanley Colliery Co., 1910 AC
Bounty
especially by a Government, to induce someone to take action or perform service e.g. a bounty for the killing of dangerous animal, A gift, especially, in a will, generosity in giving e.g. the court will distribute the
Close Season
Close Season. namely, that part of the year during which the killing or taking of game is forbidden, varies in different cases, Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 2, para 290,
Chance-medley
it ws replaced by chance in accordance with the meaning of the compound, Wedgw.], a casual affray. Such killing of a person as happens either in self-defence on a sudden quarrel, or in the commission of an
Cenegild
Cenegild [fr. cinne, Sax., relation, and gild, payment], an expiatory mulct paid by one who killed another, to the kindred of the deceased.
Cat
Common Law: for the punishment for stealing a cat, see (English) Larceny Act, 1861, s. 21; for maliciously killing or wounding, see (English) Malicious Damage Act, 1861, s. 41; and for painful experiment on, see (English) Cruelty
Campbell's (Lord) Acts (English)
known as the Fatal Accidents Acts, 1846 to 1908, provided for the compensation of the families of persons killed by negligence (q.v.). To found an action the death must have resulted from the act, neglect, or default
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