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A female bovine that has not yet had a calf is known as a heifer. An adult female that has had her first calf (or second calf, depending upon regional usage) is called a cow. Steers and heifers can sometimes be colloquially referred to as "cows," especially by non-agricultural people who are not familiar with the appropriate terminology.
A 1547, a law passed that denied a lesser sentence to first-time offenders convicted of "felonious stealing of Horses, Geldings or Mares" among other offenses. [1] The courts interpreted the law as applying to only those convicted of stealing two or more horses and allowed first-offenders who stole one horse to continue to avail themselves of ...
A law review or law journal is a scholarly journal or publication that focuses on legal issues. [1] A law review is a type of legal periodical. [2] Law reviews are a source of research, imbedded with analyzed and referenced legal topics; they also provide a scholarly analysis of emerging legal concepts from various topics.
Slaughter of cows is forbidden by law in several states of the Indian Union. [163] The ox is one of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac. The astrological sign Taurus is represented as a bull in the Western zodiac. [164] Cattle in culture
This list of law journals includes notable academic periodicals on law. The law reviews are grouped by jurisdiction or country and then into subject areas. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
A young female calf from birth until she has had a calf of her own is called a heifer [3] (/ ˈ h ɛ f ər /). In the American Old West, a motherless or small, runty calf was sometimes referred to as a dodie. [4] [failed verification] The term "calf" is also used for some other species. See "Other animals" below.
Animal Law is a law review covering animal law published by students at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon. [1] Publishing its first volume in 1994, [2] it was the first law review to focus on animal law issues [3] and is the best known journal in its field. [4]
A freemartin or free-martin (sometimes martin heifer) is an infertile cow with masculinized behavior and non-functioning ovaries. [1] Phenotypically, the animal appears female, but various aspects of female reproductive development are altered due to acquisition of anti-Müllerian hormone from the male twin . [ 2 ]