or STRAY, signifies any tame beast, as sheep, oxen, swine, and horses, or swans, found within a lordship, and not owned by any man; in which case being cried, according to law, in the church, and two market towns adjoining, if it be not claimed by the owner within a year and a day, it becomes the lord's of the foil where found. If the owner claims it within the year and day, he must pay the charges of finding, keeping, and proclaiming them; and he may seize it, without telling the marks or proving his property, which may be done at the trial if contested. If the beast stray within the year to another lordship, the first lord cannot retake it. An estray must be fed and kept, uninjured, and without labour, till it is reclaimed or the limited time expires.