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Larceny.

[CAP. 210]

shall not be capable of being stolen by the person who severs the same from the realty, unless after severance he has abandoned possession thereof; and (b) the carcase of a creature wild by nature and not reduced into possession while living shall not be capable of being stolen by the person who has killed such creature, unless after killing it he has abandoned possession of the carcase.

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In this Ordinance—

Interpretation. 6 & 7 Geo. 5, c. 50, s. 46.

"Commissioner of Police" shall include any person authorized by such commissioner to act in his behalf; "document of title to goods" includes any bill of lading, India warrant, dock warrant, warehouse-keeper's certificate, warrant or order for the delivery or transfer of any goods or valuable thing, bought or sold note, or any other document used in the ordinary course of business as proof of the possession or control of goods, or authorizing or purporting to authorize, either by endorsement or by delivery, the possessor of such document to transfer or receive any goods thereby represented or therein mentioned or referred to; "document of title to lands" includes any deed, map, roll, register, paper, or parchment, written or printed, or partly written and partly printed, being or containing evidence of the title, or any part of the title, to any real estate or to any interest in or out of any real estate; "dwelling-house" does not include a building although within the same curtilage with any dwelling-house and occupied therewith unless there is a communication between such building and dwelling-house, either immediate or by means of a covered and enclosed passage leading from one to the other;

"night" means the interval between nine o'clock in the evening and six o'clock in the morning of the next succeeding day;

"property" includes any description of real and personal property, money, debts, and legacies, and all deeds and instruments relating to or evidencing the title or right to any property, or giving a right to recover or receive any money or goods, and also includes not only such property as has been originally in the possession or under the control of any person, but also any property into or


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Larceny. [CAP. 210] shall not be capable of being stolen by the person who severs the same from the realty, unless after severance he has abandoned possession thereof; and (b) the carcase of a creature wild by nature and not reduced into possession while living shall not be capable of being stolen by the person who has killed such creature, unless after killing it he has abandoned possession of the carcase. 3. In this Ordinance— Interpretation. 6 & 7 Geo. 5, c. 50, s. 46. "Commissioner of Police" shall include any person authorized by such commissioner to act in his behalf; "document of title to goods" includes any bill of lading, India warrant, dock warrant, warehouse-keeper's certificate, warrant or order for the delivery or transfer of any goods or valuable thing, bought or sold note, or any other document used in the ordinary course of business as proof of the possession or control of goods, or authorizing or purporting to authorize, either by endorsement or by delivery, the possessor of such document to transfer or receive any goods thereby represented or therein mentioned or referred to; "document of title to lands" includes any deed, map, roll, register, paper, or parchment, written or printed, or partly written and partly printed, being or containing evidence of the title, or any part of the title, to any real estate or to any interest in or out of any real estate; "dwelling-house" does not include a building although within the same curtilage with any dwelling-house and occupied therewith unless there is a communication between such building and dwelling-house, either immediate or by means of a covered and enclosed passage leading from one to the other; "night" means the interval between nine o'clock in the evening and six o'clock in the morning of the next succeeding day; "property" includes any description of real and personal property, money, debts, and legacies, and all deeds and instruments relating to or evidencing the title or right to any property, or giving a right to recover or receive any money or goods, and also includes not only such property as has been originally in the possession or under the control of any person, but also any property into or 39
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... ! Larceny. [CAP. 210 shall not be capable of being stolen by the person who severs the same from the realty, unless after severance he has abandoned possession thereof; and (b) the carcase of a creature wild by nature and not reduced into possession while living shall not be capable of being stolen by the person who has killed such creature, unless after killing it he has aban- doned possession of the carcase. 3. In this Ordinance— Interpretation. 6 & 7 Geo. 5, "Commissioner of Police" shall include any person c. 50, s. 46. authorized by such commissioner to act in his behalf; "document of title to goods" includes any bill of lading, India warrant, dock warrant, warehouse-keeper's certi- ficate, warrant or order for the delivery or transfer of any goods or valuable thing, bought or sold note, or any other document used in the ordinary course of business as proof of the possession or control of goods, or authorizing or purporting to authorize, either by endorsement or by delivery, the possessor of such document to transfer or receive any goods thereby represented or therein mentioned or referred to; "document of title to lands" includes any deed, map, roll, register, paper, or parchment, written or printed, or partly written and partly printed, being or containing evidence of the title, or any part of the title, to any real estate or to any interest in or out of any real estate; "dwelling-house" does not include a building although within the same curtilage with any dwelling-house and occupied therewith unless there is a communication between such building such building and dwelling-house, either immediate or by means of a covered and enclosed passage leading from one to the other; "night" means the interval between nine o'clock in the evening and six o'clock in the morning of the next succeeding day; "property" includes any description of real and personal property, money, debts, and legacies, and all deeds and instruments relating to or evidencing the title or right to any property, or giving a right to recover or receive any money or goods, and also includes not only such property as has been originally in the possession or under the control of any person, but also any property into or 39
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Larceny.

[CAP. 210

shall not be capable of being stolen by the person who severs the same from the realty, unless after severance he has abandoned possession thereof; and (b) the carcase of a creature wild by nature and not reduced into possession while living shall not be capable of being stolen by the person who has killed such creature, unless after killing it he has aban- doned possession of the carcase.

3.

In this Ordinance—

Interpretation. 6 & 7 Geo. 5,

"Commissioner of Police" shall include any person c. 50, s. 46.

authorized by such commissioner to act in his behalf; "document of title to goods" includes any bill of lading,

India warrant, dock warrant, warehouse-keeper's certi- ficate, warrant or order for the delivery or transfer of any goods or valuable thing, bought or sold note, or any other document used in the ordinary course of business as proof of the possession or control of goods, or authorizing or purporting to authorize, either by endorsement or by delivery, the possessor of such document to transfer or receive any goods thereby represented or therein mentioned or referred to; "document of title to lands" includes any deed, map, roll, register, paper, or parchment, written or printed, or partly written and partly printed, being or containing evidence of the title, or any part of the title, to any real estate or to any interest in or out of any real estate; "dwelling-house" does not include a building although within the same curtilage with any dwelling-house and occupied therewith unless there is a communication between such building

such building and dwelling-house, either immediate or by means of a covered and enclosed passage leading from one to the other;

"night" means the interval between nine o'clock in the evening and six o'clock in the morning of the next succeeding day;

"property" includes any description of real and personal property, money, debts, and legacies, and all deeds and instruments relating to or evidencing the title or right to any property, or giving a right to recover or receive any money or goods, and also includes not only such property as has been originally in the possession or under the control of any person, but also any property into or

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