Beast
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
Any four-footed animal which may be used for labor, food, or sport; as opposed to man; any irrational animal. Webst A cow is a beast; Taylor v. State, 6 Humph. (Tenn.) 2S5; and so is a horse; Winfrey v. Zimmerman, 8 Bush (Ky.) 5S7; and a hog; State v. Enslow, 10 la. 115; but a dog was held not to be; IT. S. v. Gideon, 1 Minn. 292 (Gil. 22G); but see Morewood v. Wakefield, 133 Mass. 241.