Cattle
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
A term which includes the domestic animals generally; all the animals used by man for labor or food. Animals of the bovine genus.
In a wider sense, ali domestic animals used by man for labor or food, including sheep and hogs. Mathews v. State, 39 Tex. Cr. R. 553, 47 S. W. 647; State v. Brookhouse, 10 Wash. 87, 38 Pac. 862; State v. Credle, 91 N. C. 640; State v. Groves, 119 N. C. 822, 25 S. E. 819; First Nat. Bank v. Home Sav. Bank, 21 Wall. 299, 22 L. Ed. 560; U. S. v. Mattock, 26 Fed. Can. 1208. -battle-gate.
In English law. A right to pasture cattle in the land of another. It is a distinct and several interest in the land, passing by lease and release. 13 East, 159; 5 Taunt. 8ll.
— Cattle-guard. A device to prevent cattle from straying along a rai