Game
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Birds and beasts of a wild nature, obtained by fowling and hunting.
Bac. Abr. See 11 Mete. (Mass.) 79.
All sorts of birds and beasts that are objects of the chase. Wharton, Sports. In our language, the word game has a very broad and comprehensive signification. It means sport of any kind, and means physical contests, whether of man or beast, when practiced for the purpose of deciding wagers or rewards, or for the purpose of diversion, as well as games of hazard or skill by means of instruments or devices. Such were the Olympic and Nemean games among the Greeks, the former of which are lately being revived, and Apollinarian and Capitoline games among the Romans.
23 Ill. 440.