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  1. estraynoun

    An animal that has escaped from its owner; a wandering animal whose owner is unknown. An animal cannot be an estray when on the range where it was raised, and permitted by its owner to run. A lost animal whose owner is known to the party at hand is not an estray.

  2. estraynoun

    Stray.

  3. estrayverb

    To stray.

  4. Etymology: astrai, from estray, from the verb estraier. Etymological doublet with stray.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Estrayverb

    to stray

  2. Estraynoun

    any valuable animal, not wild, found wandering from its owner; a stray

Wikidata

  1. Estray

    Estray, in law, is any domestic animal found wandering at large or lost, particularly if the owner is unknown. Under early English common law, estrays were forfeited to the king or lord of the manor; under modern statutes, provision is made for taking up stray animals and acquiring either title to them or a lien for the expenses incurred in keeping them. A person taking up an estray has a qualified ownership in it, which becomes absolute if the owner fails to claim the animal within the statutory time limit. Whether the animal escaped through the owner's negligence or through the wrongful act of a third person is immaterial. If the owner reclaims the estray, he is liable for reasonable costs of its upkeep. The use of an estray during the period of qualified ownership, other than for its own preservation or for the benefit of the owner, is not authorized. Some statutes limit the right to take up estrays to certain classes of persons, to certain seasons or places, or to animals requiring care. When public officials, such as a county sheriff impound stray animals, they may sell them at auction to recover the costs of upkeep, with proceeds, if any, going into the public treasury. In some places, an uncastrated male livestock animal running at large may be neutered at the owner's expense.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Estray

    e-strā′, n. a beast found within a manor or lordship, and not owned.—v.i. to stray. [See Astray.]

Anagrams for estray »

  1. stayer

  2. yarest

  3. reasty

  4. atresy

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of estray in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of estray in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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