Rabbit - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: rabbitRabbit
Rabbit, also termed 'coney' in the (English) Game Act, 1831, ss. 30-32 of which render trespass in the daytime in pursuit of conies punishable on summary conviction by fine upto 2l; trespassers may be required to quit the land and to tell their names and abodes on pain of arrest on refusal, and similar trespass with violence by five or more armed persons is punishable by fine up to 5l. By the (English) Night Poaching Act, 1828, s. 1, unlawfully taking or destroying game or rabbits by night is punishable on summary conviction by imprisonment up to three months with hard labour (with increased punishments for second or third offences); and by s. 9 of the same Act, armed persons to the number of three or more unlawfully entering land for the purpose of destroying game or rabbits are punishable after conviction on indictment by penal servitude up to ten years or imprisonment with hard labour up to three years.A tenant may shoot rabbits on his farm, although the right of sporting is reserve...
Rabbiting
The hunting of rabbits...
Rarebit
A dainty morsel a Welsh rabbit See Welsh rabbit under Rabbit...
Poaching
Poaching, taking name by trespass. Also taking fish, e.g., salmon and trout by illegal methods (see infra).Trespassing in the daytime in pursuit of 'game'--i.e., hares, pheasants, partridges, grouse, heath or moor game, black game, or bustards--or woodcock, snipe, quails, landrail, or rabbits, is punishable summarily by fine up to 2l., and in case of a trespass by five or more, up to 5l.; the leave of the occupier being no defence if the landlord or other person have by reservation the right to kill the game. [See (English) GAME ACT, 1831, ss. 2, 30]Unlawfully taking in the night, i.e., between the expiration of the first hour after sunset and the commencement of the first hour before sunrise, 'game,' as above defined, is punishable summarily by imprisonment with hard labour; and any persons, to the number of three or more, by night unlawfully entering lands, for the purpose of taking or destroying any 'game,' as above defined, or rabbits (any of them being armed with any gun or other ...
canecutter
a type of rabbit Sylvilagus aquaticus inhabiting southeastern US swamps and lowlands called also swamp rabbit...
Cony
A rabbit esp the European rabbit Lepus cuniculus...
Klipdas
A small mammal Hyrax Capensis found in South Africa It is of about the size of a rabbit and closely resembles the daman Called also rock rabbit...
Pika
Any one of several species of tailless rodents of the genus Ochotona formerly Lagomys resembling small rabbits but with short ears alnd legs They inhabit the high mountains of Asia and America Called also calling hare and crying hare and rock rabbit See Chief hare...
Rabbitry
A place where rabbits are kept especially a collection of hutches for tame rabbits...
Coney
Coney [fr. cuniculus, Lat.], a rabbit. See s. 31 of the (English) Game Act, 1831 (1 & 2 Wm. 4, c. 32), as to arrest of trespasser in pursuit of 'game or woodcocks, snipes, quails, landrails, or coneys,' if he refuses to quit or give his name and address; and see GAME; GROUND GAME ACT; and RABBIT....
- << Prev.
- Next >>
Sign-up to get more results
Unlock complete result pages and premium legal research features.
Start Free Trial