ANIMAL

Any animate being which ls endowed with the power of voluntary motion. In the language of the law the term incluo.es all living creatures not human. Domitm are those which have been tamed by man; domestic. Ferm naturCB are those which sWl retain their wild nature. Mansuetm naturm are those gentle or tame by nature, such as sheep and cows. -Animals of a base nature. Animals in which a right of propert}.' may be acquired by reclaiming them from W1ldne , but which, at common law, by reason of their base nature, are not regarded a.s po ible subjects of a larceny. 3 Inst. 109; 1 Hale, P. C. 511, 512. Animal i a fer a, s! fact a sint mansueta et ex consuetudine ennt et redeunt, volant et revolant, ut cervi, cygni, etc., eo usque nostra sunt, et ita intellignntur quamdiu habuernnt animum revertendl. Wild animals, if they be made tame, and are accustomed to go out· and return, fly away and fly back, as stags, swans, etc., are considered to belong to us so long as they have the intention of returning to us. 7 Coke, 16. [s. 76]