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Rooks

Rooks are animals (fer' natur'), and no action is maintainable for

Caw

To cry like a crow rook or raven

Rook

Mist fog See Roke

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Chess

king a queen two bishops two knights two castles or rooks and eight pawns

Passeriformes

largest order of birds comprising about half the known species rooks finches sparrows tits warblers robins wrens swallows etc in four

Rookery

The breeding place of a colony of rooks also the birds themselves

Damage

a principle which ought logically to belong to the criminal, Rookes v. Barnard, (1964) AC 1129. Is to be contrasted with

Judicial discretion

judge at chambers. Discretion is thus defined by Coke, in Rooke's case, 40 Eliz.: 'Discretion is a science of understanding, to

Reasonable and probable cause

that finding to the jury in some cases, McDonald v. Rooke, (1835) 2 Bing (NC) 217. See Addison on Torts; Clerk

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