Hunting
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The act of pursuing and taking wild animals; the chase. The grant or reservation of "hunting, shooting, fishing and sporting" includes all things generally hunted, shot, fished, or sported after, in contradistinction to small birds and things of a similar character, e. g., rats and sparrows. 34 L. J. C. P. 261; 19 C. B. N. S. 264. Rabbits would be included in such a reservation. A covenant for quiet enjoyment in such a grant or reservation, does not imply any undertak-
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
The act of pursuing and taking wild animals; the chase. The chase gives a kind of title by occupancy by which the hunter acquires a right or property in the game which he captures. In the United States the right of hunting was formerly limited only so far as to exclude hunters from committing injuries to private property or to the public — ^as, by shooting on public roads — or from trespassing. But see Game Laws. See Feb.® Na-