Mansuetae naturae: Difference between revisions
Amwelladmin (talk | contribs) No edit summary |
Amwelladmin (talk | contribs) No edit summary |
||
| Line 3: | Line 3: | ||
An animal of a type generally considered to be domesticated, gentle, tame, and therefore more apt to serve (or be eaten by) than to attack (or eat) its master. | An animal of a type generally considered to be domesticated, gentle, tame, and therefore more apt to serve (or be eaten by) than to attack (or eat) its master. | ||
Dogs, (domestic) cats, cows, geese, hamsters: these are [[mansuetae naturae]]. If such a beast causes one’s | Dogs, (domestic) cats, cows, geese, hamsters: these are [[mansuetae naturae]]. If such a beast causes one’s [[neighbour]] an injury, its master will only be liable if {{sex|he}} knew<ref>Or ''ought to'' have known? Not clear.</ref> that the [[animal|beast]] had a tendency to engage in the sort of perfidious behaviour which ultimately befell the plaintiff — in {{casenote|Rex|Huggins}} the mutt in question was an elderly beagle with no history — to that point in time — of targeted incontinence. To recover the dry-cleaning bill, Mr. Huggins Joined Rex to the action directly. | ||
To be contrasted with ''wild'' animals ''[[ferae naturae]]''<ref>Like [[lion]]s, [[tiger]]s and Like Scots terriers.</ref>. | |||
{{plainenglish}} | {{plainenglish}} | ||
{{C|Tort|Latin}} | {{C|Tort|Latin}} | ||
Revision as of 14:43, 4 November 2016
In Latin, “by its nature, tame”.
An animal of a type generally considered to be domesticated, gentle, tame, and therefore more apt to serve (or be eaten by) than to attack (or eat) its master.
Dogs, (domestic) cats, cows, geese, hamsters: these are mansuetae naturae. If such a beast causes one’s neighbour an injury, its master will only be liable if he knew[1] that the beast had a tendency to engage in the sort of perfidious behaviour which ultimately befell the plaintiff — in Rex v Huggins the mutt in question was an elderly beagle with no history — to that point in time — of targeted incontinence. To recover the dry-cleaning bill, Mr. Huggins Joined Rex to the action directly.
To be contrasted with wild animals ferae naturae[2]. Plain English Anatomy™ Noun | Verb | Adjective | Adverb | Preposition | Conjunction | Latin | Germany | Flannel | Legal triplicate | Nominalisation | Murder your darlings