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Webster 1913 Edition
Estray
Es-tray′
,Verb.
I.
To stray.
[Obs.]
Daniel.
Es-tray′
Noun.
(Law)
Any valuable animal, not wild, found wandering from its owner; a stray.
Burrill.
Webster 1828 Edition
Estray
ESTRA'Y
,Verb.
I.
ESTRA'Y
,Noun.
Definition 2024
estray
estray
English
Noun
estray (plural estrays)
- (law) An animal that has escaped from its owner; a wandering animal whose owner is unknown. An animal cannot be an estray when on the range where it was raised, and permitted by its owner to run. A lost animal whose owner is known to the party at hand is not an estray.
- (archaic) Stray.
Verb
estray (third-person singular simple present estrays, present participle estraying, simple past and past participle estrayed)
- (archaic) To stray.
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References
- 2006 - For the purpose of this chapter, “estray” means any unbranded cattle, horses, mules, asses, or sheep found running at large or found trespassing upon the premises of another person, or any branded cattle, horses, mules, asses, or sheep found running at large or trespassing upon the premises of another person whose owner cannot be found after a reasonable search, or any llama, ostrich, emu, goat or swine found running at large or trespassing upon the premises of another person whose owner cannot be found after a reasonable search. - Uintah County, UT County Code, 6.48.010
- 2006 - VRWPA finds good adoptive homes for Estray wild horses picked up by the State of Nevada, monitors the horses, the range, and the laws to insure the survivability of a viable, ecologically balanced herd. - Virginia Range Wildlife Protection Association