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game law

American

noun

a law enacted for the preservation of game, as by restricting the number and kinds of game that may be taken and by designating periods of the year when specified game may be taken.

Etymology

Origin of game law

First recorded in 1705–15

Example Sentences

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In the Vegas game, law enforcement says organizers deployed a rigged shuffling machine that they had secretly tampered with to ensure their success.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025

Mark Methenitis, an attorney who has long chronicled issues in video game law, said that society is not yet at the point where virtual assaults should be considered criminal.

From The Guardian • Oct. 26, 2016

Gunners Van Devanter and Phillips had just settled themselves in a blind beside Occoquan Bay when up rowed Federal Deputy Game Warden George King and a Virginia State warden, looking for game law violators.

From Time Magazine Archive

Because fewer ducks are winging South each season, the Foundation has been inclined to discount the importance of overshooting, modern firearms, lax game law enforcement as causes of duck decline.

From Time Magazine Archive

Besides, he's that ornery, the game law is out on Huggins an' has been for some time.

From Wolfville Days by Lewis, Alfred Henry

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