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mandate of the lord is generally availing (if the^ lease 

 provide no remedy). As the lord is seldom owner of 

 the whole fee- simple of the manor, it frequently 

 happens, that occupiers of land independent of him 

 will have nothing to do with his notices, and from 

 such land he cannot debar the sportsman, if the oc- 

 cupier have no objection to his sporting on it. 



N. B. A trespass is deemed ivilful (though no 

 damage may have been done) where the sportsman 

 come upon ground from which he has been legally 

 noticed to abstain. 



A notice remains in force for the life of the indi- 

 vidual to whom it is given ; with this exception, 

 however, that if the manor change its lord, a second 

 notice from the new lord will be necessary; or, if 

 any of the land change its occupier, a new notice by 

 the new occupier must be given. 



A FREE WARREN. 



Is a franchise granted by the king for the custody 

 of beasts and fowls of warren, namely, hares, rabbits, 

 partridges, and pheasants ; but this franchise is now 

 little known, the name being retained principally in 

 ground set apart for breeding rabbits. 2 Black. Com. 



SEASONS FOR HUNTING OR DESTROYING GAME. 



The season for shooting grouse (called red game) 

 commences on the 12th of August, and concludes on 

 the 10th of December. Heath-fowl (black game) 

 begins on the 20th of August, and ends on the 10th 

 of December. The pheasant season begins the 1st of 



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