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Awimal

Defined in 1 dictionary — Black's (1891)

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

<Any animate being which is endowed with the power of veluntary motion. In the languages of the law the term includes all living creatures not human. Domiie are those which have been ‘tamed by man; domestic. Pere nature are those which still retain their wild nature. Mansuete nature are those gentle or tame by nature, such as sheep and cows. Animalia fera, si facta sint mansueta ot ex consuetudine eunt et redeunt, volant et revolant, ut cervi, cygni, ete., co usque nostra sunt, et ita intelliguntur quamdin 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 lous. 7 Coke, 16,