agister ([schwa]-jis-t[schwa]r). One who takes and pastures grazing animals for a fee; a person engaged in the business of agistment. • An agister is a type of bailee for hire. — Also spelled agistor. — Also termed gisetaker.[Cases: Animals 21. C.J.S. Animals § 46.]
cruel treatment 残酷待遇(→cruel and inhuman treatment; cruel and unusual punishment; cruelty; cruelty to animals)
embryo (em-bree-oh). A developing but unborn or unhatched animal; esp., an unborn human from conception until the development of organs (i.e., until about the eighth week of pregnancy). Cf. FETUS; ZYGOTE. embryo formatus (for-may-t[schwa]s).Eccles. law. A human embryo organized into human shape and endowed with a soul. • Though rejected in the early doctrine of
damage feasant (dam-ij fez-[schwa]nt orfee-z[schwa]nt), n. [fr. French faisant dommage] Hist. Doing damage. • This phrase usu. refers to injury to a person’s land caused by another person’s animals’ trespassing on the property and eating the crops or treading the grass. By law, the owner of the damaged property could distrain and impound the animals
livestock, n. Domestic animals and fowls that (1) are kept for profit or pleasure, (2) can normally be confined within boundaries without seriously impairing their utility, and (3) do not normally intrude on others’ land in such a way as to harm the land or growing crops.
driving, n. The act of directing the course of something, such as an automobile or a herd of animals.
property ratione privilegii (ray-shee-oh-nee priv-i-lee-jee-I). Hist. A common-law right, granted by a royal franchise, to take wild animals on another’s land. • This principle made its way into American law. See, e.g., Hanson v. Fergus Falls Nat’l Bank, 65 N.W.2d 857, 862 (Minn. 1954). Cf. PROPERTY RATIONE SOLI . “Property Ratione privilegii is the right
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sauvagine (soh-v[schwa]-zheen). [Law French] Hist. 1. Wild animal. 2. Wild nature of an animal.
propter privilegium (prop-t[schwa]r priv-[schwa]-lee-jee-[schwa]m). [Latin] On the account of privilege. • This describes a way of acquiring a property interest in a wild animal, based on the claimant’s exclusive right to hunt in a particular park or preserve.
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lawful fence. A strong, substantial, and well-suited barrier that is sufficient to prevent animals from escaping property and to protect the property from trespassers. — Also termed legal fence; good and lawful fence. Cf. SPITE FENCE . [Cases: Animals 92; Fences 1, 19. C.J.S. Animals §§ 243–246, 248.]