Stray
Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Anderson (1889), Abbott (1879)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
See "Bstray."
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
A beast that wanders at large without its owner, and clear of his controL
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
A stray beast is one that has left an inclosure and wanders at large without its owner, and beyond his control.
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
In the sense of a beast wandering from its owner's close is better spelled estray, q. v. The term " stray beast in a suffering condition," used in a statute, means any beast found astray, and likely, unless taken care of, to suffer injury, or be wholly lost to the owner. Sturges v. Raymond, 27 Conn. 473.