cum herezeldis (k[schwa]m her-[schwa]-zel-dis). [Latin] Scots law. With herezelds; with the best things that move. • The phrase appeared in reference to a tenant’s best horse, cow, or other animal, when the animal was customarily transferred to the landlord on the death of the tenant.
vicious propensity. An animal’s tendency to endanger the safety of persons or property. See vicious animal under ANIMAL. [Cases: Animals 66.1, 70. C.J.S. Animals §§ 172, 176–183, 186, 188–189, 198, 200.]
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bestiality (bes-chee-al-[schwa]-tee). Sexual activity between a human and an animal. • Some authorities restrict the term to copulation between a human and an animal of the opposite sex. See SODOMY. [Cases: Sodomy 1. C.J.S. Sodomy §§ 2–6.]
fruit. 1. The produce or product of something (as of land or property). 2. Civil law. Income or goods derived or produced from property without a diminution of the property’s inherent value. civil fruit. Civil law. Revenue derived from a thing by operation of law or by reason of a juridical act, such as lease
hereyeld. Hist. In a feudal system, a vassal’s best animal (esp. the best horse, ox, or cow), given in tribute to the superior upon the vassal’s death. — Also spelled herezeld; herield.
catalla otiosa (k[schwa]-tal-[schwa] oh-shee-oh-s[schwa]). [Law Latin “nonworking chattels”] Hist. 1. Chattels that are not animals. 2. Animals not used for plowing or pulling plows or carts (averia carucae).
pannage (pan-ij). Hist. 1. The right to feed animals, esp. swine, on the windfallen nuts, etc. in a forest. 2. The payment made to a forest’s owner in exchange for the right.
property ratione soli (ray-shee-oh-nee soh-lI). The common-law right to take wild animals found on one’s own land. Cf. PROPERTY RATIONE PRIVILEGII. “The exclusive common law right of a landowner to take game on his land, known as property ratione soli … has been recognized throughout the history of common law, with one exception: Following the
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A noncharitable trust that is of doubtful validity because it lacks a beneficiary capable of enforcing the trust. • Examples include trusts for the care and support of specific animals, or for the care of certain graves. The modern trend is to recognize the validity of such trusts, if the trustee is willing to accept
in corporibus sed non in quantitatibus (in kor-por-[schwa]-b[schwa]s sed non in kwon-ti-tay-t[schwa]-b[schwa]s). [Law Latin] Hist. In separate and distinct subjects, but not in things estimated in quantities. • The phrase appeared in reference to the best of a decedent’s movable property to which an heir had a right. This property typically included animals and equipment
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