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A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States · John Bouvier · 1839
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
property, is the act of acquiring possession of animals fere nature by force, cunning or address. The hunter acquires a right to such animals by occupancy, and they become his property.
4 Toull. n. 7.
No man has a right to enter on the lands of another for the purpose of hunting without his consent.
Vide 14 East, R. 249; Poth. Tr. du Dr. de Propriété, part 1, c. 2, art. 2.