Latin: Of a wild nature or disposition. Animals which are by nature wild are so designated, by way of distinction from such as are naturally tame, the latter being called “domitce naturce.” Fleet v. Hegeman, 14 Wend. (N. Y.) 43; State v. Taylor, 27 N. J. Law, 119, 72 Am. Dec 347; Gillet v. Mason, 7 Johns. (N. Y.) 17.
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