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ground it was started, nor to him. on whose ground it 

 was killed, but to the person who killed it, though he 

 will be guilty of a trespass on the grounds of both the 

 other persons. 



But if a stranger start game in the chase or jree- 

 warren of one man, and hunt it into the liberty of an- 

 other, the property will continue in the owner of the 

 chase or warren, and the keeper may pursue and re- 

 take them ; for whilst the keeper pursues it, it does 

 not in law pass into a new liberty* 



A chase is a privileged place for the keeping of 

 beasts of chase or royal game, with exclusive power 

 of hunting therein. 2 Black. Com. 38. 



A free icarren is a franchise granted by the king 

 for the custody of beasts and fowls of warren, viz. 

 hares, rabbits, partridges, and pheasants; but this 

 franchise is now little known, the name being retain- 

 ed principally in grounds set apart for breeding rab- 

 bits. Ibid. 



In concluding this chapter, it will be necessary to 

 remark, that a trespass is deemed wilful, (though no 

 damage may have been done,) where the sportsman 

 comes upon ground from which he has been legally 

 noticed to abstain. It has been erroneously supposed, 

 that a notice remains in force one year only ; but this 

 is not the case a notice may be said to remain far 

 the life of the individual to whom it is given; with this 

 exception, however, that in case the manor changes 

 its lord, a second notice will be rendered necessary ,; 

 also the removal of any of the occupiers of land will 



