game laws
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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Arway said officers are certified to enforce fish and game laws and conduct some operations together, but training them together would lengthen the one-year school programs that each attend now.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 25, 2017
So, a State can require nonresidents to pay higher fees for fishing or hunting licenses than those paid by residents—who pay taxes to provide fish hatcheries, enforce game laws, and so on.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2016
A series of game laws from 1671 through 1831 dramatically reduced the number of people permitted to hunt, empowering gamekeepers to search for and seize unauthorized firearms.
From Slate ● Oct. 21, 2015
Lacey’s original legislation simply federalized state game laws by making it a violation of U.S. law to bag game in breach of one state’s laws and to transport it to another state.
From New York Times ● Oct. 8, 2011
The game laws," says Clavé, "have not delivered us from the poachers, who kill twenty times as much game as the sportsmen.
From Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action by George P. Marsh
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