closed season

closed season
A restriction or absolute prohibition imposed by law upon fishing or hunting during a specified period of the year. 35 Am J2d Fish § 46. The restriction, which is imposed by statute or administrative regulation in the interest of conservation of fish and wild life, may apply to all kinds of fish and all species of game birds and animals during the specified period or, as it usually does, to designated kinds of fish and particular game birds and animals, with variations from season to season in the scope of the coverage.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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  • closed season — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms closed season : singular closed season plural closed seasons American the close season for fishing …   English dictionary

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  • closed season — noun chiefly N. Amer. another term for close season …   English new terms dictionary

  • closed season — noun (C) the American form of close season …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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