Fish
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
An animal which inhabits the water, breathes by means of gills, swims by the aid of fins, and is oviparous. Fishes in rivers and in the sea are considered as animals ferae naturae; consequently, no one has any property in them until they have been captured, and, like other wild animals, if, having been taken, they escape and regain their liberty, the captor loses his property iii them.