“And, being thus in the custody of the law, the taking them back by force is looked upon as an atrocious injury, and denominated a rescous, for which the distreinor has a remedy in damages, either by writ of rescous, in case they were going to the pound, or by writ de parco fracto, or pound-breach, in case they were actually impounded.” 3 William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England 146 (1768).
de parco fracto
de parco fracto (dee pahr-koh frak-toh), n. [Law Latin “of pound breach”] Hist. A writ against someone, esp. an owner, who breaks into a pound to rescue animals that have been legally distrained and impounded.
