"Estray" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH

In the law of estates. Expectation; waiting; suspense; remembrance and contemplation in law. where there ls no person ln existence …

A rlght to personal things of whlch the owner has not the possession, but merely a right of action for …

Lying down; squatting. Couch ant and levant (lying down and rising up) is a term npplied to animals trespassing on …

Cne who wrongfully keeps the owner of lands and tenements out of the possession of them. 2 BL Comm. 350

In maritime law. The sum whlch is fixed by the contract of car-rlage, or whlch is allowed, as remuneration to …

1. Tbe interest which any one has in lands, or in any other subject of property. 1 Prest. Est. 20. …

In maritime law. The party by whom a vessel is engaged or charter-ed; otherwise called the “charterer.” 2 Steph. Comm. …

To pledge a thing without delivering the possession of it to the pledgee. “The master, when abroad, and in the …

Goods cast Into the sea tied to a buoy, so that they may be found again by the owners, are …

Things movable; movable or personal chattels, which may be annexed to or attendant on the person of the owner, and …

A retaking, or taking back. A species of remedy by the mere act of the party injured, (otherwise termed “re-prisal,”) …

A term which was applied, in feudal law, to a villein annexed to a manor, and having charge to do …

The mere right of property in land; the abstract right which remains to the owner after he has lost the …

Libby, 26 Fed. Cas. 928; U. S. v. winn, 28 Fed. Cas. 735.—Ship's hnsband. In mari-time law. A person appointed …

Literally, treas-ure found. Money or coin, gold, silver, plate or bullion found hidden in the earth or oth-er private place, …

Lat In the civil law. Goods withont an owner, or in which no one claims a property; escheated goods. Inst. …

L. Lnt. where the bailiff of a lord distrains beasts or goods of another, and the lord forblds the balllff …