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Taylor kept a flock of sheep on a rural farmstead. The sheep were customarily used for wool and milk production in that region. The animals qualified as mansuetus under local custom.
Also known as: mansuetae naturae · tame animals · domesticated
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An animal that, at the time and in the place it is kept, is by custom devoted to the service of humankind.
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Taylor kept a flock of sheep on a rural farmstead. The sheep were customarily used for wool and milk production in that region. The animals qualified as mansuetus under local custom.
A resident kept a wolf-dog hybrid in a Lakeside Village unit. The animal was not customarily kept as a household pet in the community. The association correctly classified it as ferae naturae rather than mansuetus.
Officers walked to the front door of a residence with a drug dog. The walkway was open to the public for brief visits. The entry did not implicate mansuetus issues because the dog was a trained service animal under local custom.
Time magazine reported the outcome of Mary Alice Firestone's divorce proceedings. The report contained inaccuracies about the final judgment. The Court considered whether the publication involved mansuetus standards in the context of public figures.
The United States sought to enforce a Russian decree regarding assets. The decree arose from nationalization policies. The Court examined whether mansuetus principles applied to the recognition of the foreign act.
ALCOA and Essex Group disputed a long-term aluminum supply contract. The pricing formula failed to account for unexpected cost increases. The court considered whether mansuetus applied to the allocation of risks in the agreement.
The classification turns on whether the species is by custom devoted to human service in the time and place where it is kept. Individual training or the owner's purpose does not control the inquiry.
No. Licensing and confinement address regulatory compliance rather than the species-level custom of service to humankind.
Strict liability does not apply to mansuetus animals. Liability requires proof of the owner's knowledge of a dangerous propensity.
…235 N.Y. 255, 263, 139 N.E. 259, 262. Similarly, no invocation of a local rule governing "situs" or the survival of a domesticated corporation, however applicable in an ordinary case, is within the competence of a state court if it would thwart to any extent "the policy which the United States has adopted" when the…