Cattle whose owner is 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.

Defined under Estray in A New Law Dictionary and Glossary.