Estray

pL. Fr. estraye, estrayeur; L. Lat. extrahura, from extra, without.] Any thing out of its place, especially an animal that has escaped from its owner, and wanders or strays about; a wandering animal, {anim^il palans.) Spelman, voc.

Extrahura.

Fecus vagans

quod nullus petit, sequitur vel advocat; a wandering beast, which no one seeks, follows or claims. Fleta, lib.

1, c. 43.

Bract, fol.

120.

Cattle whose owner

unknown.

2 Kent's Com, 359.

See U. S. Digest and Supplement, Estray. In English law, an estray is any valuable animal, [whether beast or bird,] that is not wild, found within a lordship, and whose owner is not known; and which belongs to the king, or to the lord of the manor by special grant from the crown.* 1 BL Com. 297, 298.

2 Id. 14. 2 Steph. Com. 561, 662. 1 Crabb's Beat Prop. 513—518, §§ 666—671.