Stable Stand

Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Stimson (1881)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

In forest law. One of the four evidences or presumptions whereby a man was convicted of an intent to steal the king's deer in the forest. This was when a man was found at his standing in the forest with a cross-bow or long-bow bent, ready to shoot at any deer, or else standing close by a tree with greyhounds in a leash, ready to slip. Cowell. STABULARII (Lat. pi. of stabularius).

In the civil law. Stable keepers; hostlers; qui stabulum exercent. Dig. 4. 9. 1. 5; Story, Bailm. §464.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Standing ready as evidence of intent to kill a deer in a forest.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In forest law. One of the four evidences or presumptions whereby a man was convicted of an intent to steal the king's deer in the forest This was when a man was found at his standing in the forest with a cross-bow or long-bow bent, ready to shoot at any deer or else standing close by a tree with grey-hounds in a leash, ready to slip. Cowell; Manwood.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

In old English law. Standing ready with bow bent or with hounds in leash ready to let slip, — one of the four evidences of intent to kill deer in a forest

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

Standing ready with bow four evidences of intending to kill deer