§ 300 Apportionment of division fence
§ 301 Lands lying open
§ 302 Division fence on change of title
§ 303 Settlement of disputes
§ 304 Powers of fence viewers
§ 305 Neglect to make or repair division fence
§ 306 Fence destroyed by accident
§ 307 Damages for insufficient fence
§ 308 Damages for omitting to build fence
§ 309 Use of barbed or other wire for division fence
§ 310 Lien upon strays
§ 311 Notice of lien to town clerk
§ 312 Impounding strays
§ 313 Notice of strays to owner
§ 314 Charges for notice of strays
§ 315 Fees of fence viewers as to strays
§ 316 Foreclosure of lien upon strays
§ 317 Notice of sale of strays by fence viewers
§ 318 Proceeds of sale of strays
§ 319 Notice to owner of strays of fence viewers' meeting
§ 320 Duties of fence viewers as to strays
§ 321 Foreclosure of lien upon strays by action
§ 322 Surplus money upon sale of strays
§ 323 Damages from other personal property
§ 324 Penalty of conversion of floating lumber
§ 325 Application of article
§ 326 Erection and discontinuance of pounds
§ 327 Pound-master's fees

Terms Used In New York Laws > Town > Article 18 - Fences, Strays and Pounds

  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.