GAME LAWS. 435 



For farther information on this, vide under " Time 

 within which Actions must be brought." 



One who is warned off a ground, and sends his dog thereon, is as 

 much liable to an action of trespass, as if he went there himself. 



WASTE LAND, 



Sporting ow, the exclusive right of the lord of a manor. 



It has been given as an opinion, that, although a 

 qualified person may, by common rights, have the liberty 

 of going, sending or keeping his cattle, on the waste 

 land, yet he has no right to sport there, without leave 

 from the lord of the manor. 



RABBITS, WOODCOCKS, SNIPES, &c. 



(How far they are made game.) 



Rabbits, woodcocks, snipes, quails, and landrails, are made game 

 only as far as relates to shooting them; for which, therefore, a cer- 

 tificate is required ; but one, without a certificate, may catch, sell, 

 or have them in his possession. 



Two of the profession were here consulted, as to 

 the necessity of a qualification, and they were both of 

 opinion, that, although a certificate was (by the late 

 act) required, yet rabbits, woodcocks, 8$c. 9 may be shot, 

 by one unqualified. 



Rabbits, however, may be shot by any one without a 

 certificate, provided he kills them in warrens, or in- 

 closed grounds, of which he is himself the occupier, or 

 in which he is commanded, ox permitted so to destroy 

 them, by whoever is the occupier. 



FREE WARRENS AND DECOYS. 



The game, in &free warren, is considered as private property, as 

 are also the wildfowl, &c. within a decoy; and, consequently, even a 



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