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feræ naturæ

feræ naturæ is the archaic form of ferae naturae.

Meaning of ferae naturae

Noun

ferae naturae pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Undomesticated animals; wild beasts.
    • So soon as the coneys come on his neighbor's land he may kill them, for they are ferae naturae, and he who makes the coney-boroughs has no property in them, and he shall not be punished for the damage which the coneys do in which he has no property, and which the other may lawfully kill.1597, Decision in Boulston's case, as quoted in Ronald Coase, "The Problem of Social Cost", 1960

Questions about feræ naturæ

What is feræ naturæ the archaic form of?
Feræ naturæ is the archaic form of ferae naturae.

Words near feræ naturæ in the dictionary

  1. Ferwerderadiel
  2. fery
  3. ferys
  4. ferz
  5. ferzes
  6. feræ naturæ
  7. FES
  8. Fes-Meknes
  9. Fesapo
  10. Fescennia
  11. fescennine

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