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Definition of Estrayed
1. estray [v] - See also: estray
Lexicographical Neighbors of Estrayed
Literary usage of Estrayed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on the Law of Larceny and Kindred Offenses: Such as Adulteration by Stewart Rapalje (1892)
"estrayed animals. 100. Property in hands of tenant. 101. Alleging ownership in
an " estate.". Ownership of matter stolen from the mail. 103. ..."
2. Laws Passed by the ... Legislature of the State of Texas by Texas (1864)
"... no more fees than for one such animal ; and each County Clerk shall cause a
statement of the appraisement, and a description of the animal so estrayed, ..."
3. Proceedings of the ... Annual Congress of Correction of the American by American Correctional Association (1891)
"Are our children whom we love of less concern to us than are stolen and estrayed
horses'. If not, why not appoint a sufficient number of specialists— ..."
4. A Digest of the Laws of the State of Georgia: Containing All Statutes and by Georgia, Oliver Hillhouse Prince (1837)
"... whenever it comes within their knowledge, or when they have any reason to
believe, that any execution has been levied on estrayed property. 26. Sec. II. ..."
5. Cases Argued and Decided in the Supreme Court of the State of Texas by Alexander Watkins Terrell, Alexander Stuart Walker, Texas Supreme Court (1874)
"But our civil statute defines what animals may be estrayed, particularly specifying
horse, mare, colt, mule, jack, jennet, or work ox. ..."
6. The American Decisions: Containing All the Cases of General Value and by John Proffatt, Abraham Clark Freeman (1886)
"... because he says that previous to the supposed trespass in the declaration
mentioned, the said horse was estrayed from the home and possession of the ..."
7. A Perambulation of the Antient and Royal Forest of Dartmoor and the Venville by Samuel Rowe (1896)
"Item they present that every estrayed beast as well as horses as bullocks are to
remain two days and three nights in Dunna- bridge Pound ..."
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