OWLING
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OWLING , in English law, the offence of transporting wool or sheep out of the kingdom ,,to the detriment of the staple manufacture of wool . The name is said to owe its origin to the fact that the offence was usually carried on at night-time See Also: - TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
, when the owls were abroad. The offence was stringently regulated by a statute of Edward III. (1336-7), while many subsequent statutes also dealt with it. In 1566 the offence was made punish-able by the cutting off of the left hand and nailing it in a public place . By a statute of r66o the ship and cargo were to be forfeited. In the reign of George I. (17171718) the penalty was altered to transportation for seven years. The offence was abolished in 1824.
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