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game act
game act n. (frequently with capital initials) any of various Acts of Parliament regulating the hunting or killing of game.
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1707 T. Cave Let. 24 Nov. in M. M. Verney Verney Lett. 18th Cent. (1930) I. xiii. 235 I must thank your Lordship for..the indeavours to repeal the Game Act.
1879 Sydney Mail 16 Aug. 273/1 The bird mentioned in the second schedule of the Game Act as a magpie thrush is a small black-and-white bird, commonly called peewee.
1934 G. M. Young Early Victorian Eng. I. viii. 254 The Game Act of 1831..instituted game certificates (now licences) and gave the tenant the right to kill game unless it was reserved to the landlord or his assignee.
1994 J. L. Malcolm To keep & bear Arms i. 13 The very first game act to set a property qualification was passed in 1389... When Henry VII came to the throne.., one of the measures he employed to maintain quiet in the countryside was a severe game act.
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