Ferae Naturae

Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 4: Dionysius to Friction, p. 582

Ferae Naturae (Lat., 'of a wild nature') is the term given by Roman law to those animals which are wild or not domesticated, including game animals—deer, hares, pheasants, &c. See GAME-LAWS.

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