Gameful

Full of game or games. Game-keeper, n. One who has the care of game, Game Laws, n. pl. ( Law.) Statutes which declare what birds and beasts are to be considered game, and impose penalties on those who unlawfully kill or destroy them. The game laws of England had their origin in the ancient forest-laws, under which the killing of one of the king's deer was equally penal with murdering one of his subjects. At the present day, though considerably modified, the English game-laws are still very severe, and as the administration of these laws is in the hands of the cla interested in preserving the game, they are very rigidly enforced. The laws relating to game in the U. States are generally framed with reference to protecting the animals from indiscriminate and unreasonable havoc, leaving all persons free to take game, under certain restrictions as to the season of the year and the means of capture. The details of these regnlations must be sought for in the statutes of the several States. and sees that it is not destroyed.