propter impotentiam (prop-t[schwa]r im-p[schwa]-ten-shee-[schwa]m). [Latin] On account of helplessness. • This was formerly given as a ground for gaining a property interest in a wild animal, based on the animal’s inability to escape (as where, for example, a young bird could not yet fly away).
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extrahura (ek-str[schwa]-hyoor-[schwa]), n. [Law Latin] Hist. An animal that wanders about or strays without its owner; ESTRAY.
namium vetitum (nay-mee-[schwa]m vet-[schwa]-t[schwa]m), n. [Law Latin “taking prohibited”] Hist. A refused or prohibited taking or redelivery. • This term is most often associated with the circumstance in which a lord’s bailiff distrained animals or goods, and was ordered by the lord to take them to an unknown place or otherwise not to redeliver them
chase. Hist. A franchise granted by the Crown empowering the grantee to keep, within a certain district, animals for hunting, i.e., the objects of the chase. • This franchise was also known as a free chase to contrast it with a chase royal — a chase held by the Crown. common chase. A chase in
Jockey Club 〈英〉(私人团体性质的)赛马总会 管理平地赛马〔flat race〕的机构。根据1950年《动物疫病法》〔Diseases of Animals Act〕，有关马匹出口的限制并不适用于赛马总会发照的良种马匹。