Chase
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
The liberty or franchise of hunting, oneself, and keeping protected against all other persons, beasts of the chase within a specified district, without regard to the ownership of the land.
2 Bla. Com. 414.
The district within which such privilege is to be exercised. A chase is a franchise granted to a subject, and hence is not subject to the forest laws; 2 Bla. Com. 3S. It differs from a park, because it may be another's ground, and is not enclosed. It is said by some to be smaller than a forest and larger than a park.
Termes de la Ley
But this seems to be a customary incident, and not an essential quality. The hunter acquires a right to such animals by occupancy, and they become his property; 4 Toullier, n.
7.
No man has a right to enter on the lands of another for the purpose of hunting, without his consent; 11 East 249; Pothler, Proprtete,' pt 1, c.
2, a. 2.