Legal Definition and Related Resources of Game

Birds and beasts of a wild nature obtained by fowling or hunting. A sport, pastime or contest . In the context of statutes prohibiting or regulating Gambling , a game may be defined as a contest for success or superiority in a trial of chance , skill or endurance. See opinion of Justices, 73 N.H. 625, 63 A. 505.

Birds and beasts of a wild nature, obtained by fowling and hunting. Bac. Abr. See 11 Mete. (Mass.) 79, All sorts of birds and beasts that are objects of the chase, Wharton, Sports. In our language, the word game has a very broad and comprehensive signification. It means sport of any kind, and means physical contests, whether of man or beast, when practiced for the purpose of deciding wagers or rewards, or for the purpose of diversion, as well as games of hazard or skill by means of instruments or devices. Such were the Olympic and Nemean games among the Greeks, the former of which are lately being revived, and Appollinarian and Capitoline games among the Komans. 23 III. 440,

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Legal English Vocabulary: Game in Spanish

Online translation of the English legal term game into Spanish: juego (English to Spanish translation) . More about legal dictionary from english to spanish online.

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Endangered Species Act; Fish and Fishing.

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Bogin, Barry. The Growth of Humanity. New York: Wiley-Liss, 2001.

Cordain, Loren, Janette Brand Miller, S. Boyd Eaton, Neil Mann, Susanne H. A. Holt, and John D. Speth. “Plant-Animal Subsistence Ratios and Macronutrient Energy Estimations in Worldwide Hunter-Gatherer Diets.” American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 71 (2000): 682-692.

Flannery, Tim. The Eternal Frontier: An Ecological History of North America and Its Peoples. New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2001.

Hayden, B. “Subsistence and Ecological Adaptations of Modern Hunter/Gatherers.” In Omnivorous Primates, edited by Robert S. O. Harding and Geza Teleki. New York: Columbia University Press, 1981.

Hill, Kim, and A. Magdalena Hurtado. “Hunter-Gatherers of the New World.” American Scientist 77 (1989): 436-443.

Jenike, Mark R. “Nutritional Ecology: Diet, Physical Activity, and Body Size.” In Hunter-Gatherers: An Interdisciplinary Perspective, edited by Catherine Panter-Brick, Robert H. Layton, and Peter Rowley-Conwy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001.

Klein, Richard G. “Archaeology and the Evolution of Human Behavior.” Evolutionary Anthropology 9 (2000): 17-36.

Lee, Richard B. The Dobe !Kung. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1984.

Lee, Richard B. “What Hunters Do for a Living; or, How to Make Out on Scarce Resources.” In Man the Hunter, edited by Richard B. Lee and Irven DeVore. Chicago: Aldine Publishing, 1968.

Milton, Katherine. “Hunter-Gatherer Diets: A Different Perspective.” American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 71 (2000): 665-667.

Mitwani, John C., David P. Watts, and Martin N. Muller. “Recent Developments in the Study of Wild Chimpanzee Behavior.” Evolutionary Anthropology 11 ( January 2002): 9-25.

Richards, Michael P., Paul B. Pettitt, Mary C. Stiner, and Erik Trinkaus. “Stable Isotope Evidence for Increasing Dietary Breadth in the European Mid-Upper Paleolithic.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 98 (2001): 6528-6532.

Schoeninger, Margaret J. “Diet and the Evolution of Modern Human Form in the Middle East.” American Journal of Physical Anthropology 58 (1982): 383-403.

Sponheimer, Matt, and Julia A. Lee-Thorp. “Isotopic Evidence for the Diet of an Early Hominid Australopithecus africanus. ” Science 283 (1999): 368-370.

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Game in Law Enforcement

Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of game.

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• game in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
• game in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
• A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis

English Legal System: Game

In the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Game :

Wild animals or birds hunted for sport or food. The Game Acts define these as including hares, pheasants, partridges, grouse, heath or moor game, black game, and bustards. The right to game belongs basically to the occupier, although in leases it is frequently reserved to the landlord rather than the tenant.

See also poaching.

What is Game?

A definition of game is: Wild birds and beasts. More details on the Encyclopedia. The word includes all game birds, game fowl, and game animals. More details on the Encyclopedia. State ex reI. More details on the Encyclopedia. Sofeico v. More details on the Encyclopedia. Hefferman, 41 N. More details on the Encyclopedia.M. More details on the Encyclopedia. 219, 67 P. More details on the Encyclopedia.2d 240, 246. More details on the Encyclopedia. A sport, pastime or contest. More details on the Encyclopedia. A contrivance which has for its object to furnish sport, recreation, or amusement. More details on the Encyclopedia. Ex parte Williams, 127 CaI. More details on the Encyclopedia.App. More details on the Encyclopedia. 424, 16 P. More details on the Encyclopedia.2d 172, 173.[1]

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1. “Game” in the White America Dictionary (New York, Los Angeles, London, New Delhy, Hong Kong, 1989)

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