Needless
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
In a statute with reference to the needless killing or bad treatment of animals, it denotes an act done without any useful motive, in a spirit of wanton cruelty, or for the mere pleasure of destruction.
Hunt v. State, 3 Ind. App. 383, 29 N. E. 933; Grise v. State, 37 Ark'. 460; State v. Bogardus, 4 Mo. App. 215. 'NEFAS.
That which is against right or divine law; a wicked thing or act. Calv. hex.