Cattle
/ˈkætəl/
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- (n.) Domesticated bovine animals, especially those defined as property under agricultural or livestock laws.
The farmer's liability for injury included the cattle wandering onto the highway.
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In legal contexts, 'cattle' is always treated as plural noun referring to domesticated bovine animals as property, relevant in property and agricultural law.
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