Stray
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence · Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
In the sense of a beast wandering from its owner's close is better spelled estray, q. v. The term " stray beast in a suffering condition," used in a statute, means any beast found astray, and likely, unless taken care of, to suffer injury, or be wholly lost to the owner.
Sturges v. Raymond, 27 Conn. 473.