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Animalia Fera

Defined in 1 dictionary — Cyclopedic (1922)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

SI FACTA SINT mansueta et ex consuetudine eunt et redeunt, volant et revolant, ut cervl, cygni, etc., eo usque nostra sunt, et Ita intelllguntur quamdlu habuerunt animum revertendi. Wild animals, if they be made tame, and are accustomed to go out and return, fly away and fly back, as stags, swans, etc., are considered to belong to us so long as they have the intention of returning to us. 7 Coke, 16.