vicious animal

vicious animal
An animal dangerous by nature. 4 Am J2d Am §§ 80 et seq. A domestic animal with a propensity for injuring persons. 4 Am J2d Am §§ 85 et seq. Any individual of a vicious species, or a vicious individual of a harmless species. Mellicker v Sedlacek, 189 Iowa 946, 179 NW 197, 11 ALR 259, 267.

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