ASSAY. A chemical examination of metals, by which the quantity of valuable or precious metal contained in any mineral or metallic mixture is ascertained. 2. By the acts of Congress of March 3, 1823, 3 Story's L. U. S. 1924; of June 25, 1834, 4 Shars. cont. Story's L. U. S. 2373; and of June 28, 1834, Id. 2377, it is made the duty of the secretary of the treasury to cause assays to be made at the mint of the United States, of certain coins made current by the said acts, and to make report of the result thereof to congress.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.

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"My trap for crooks and cracksmen is a bottle of hocussed whiskey, and I guess that's it on the table, with the silver label around its neck.

So I put up a yarn about a wager we had made about this very trap of Maguire's.

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Police received a report from a member of the public on Tuesday, August 20, of the trap at the nature reserve on the sand dunes.

Illegally set gin trap at reserve; NEWS IN BRIEF

Refining sampling protocols for inventorying invertebrate biodiversity: influence of drift-fence length and pitfall trap diameter on spielers.

An effective method for increasing the catch-rate of pitfall traps

A vet had to amputate one of Tim's front paws after the cat limped bacK to his Huddersfield owner with the vicious steel trap locKed on a leg.

Cat stuck in unlawful trap loses front leg; Animal charity inquiry under way

Now for the technical part--putting a trap in the ground in such a way that it convinces an animal to step on the small trigger pan.

Using traps to protect your investments

"The trap is connected to a chain and a stake driven into the ground which means the animal cannot get away.

Animal trap found at nature reserve

PC Mark Goulding, wildlife and environmental crime officer atSouth Wales Police, said: "While it is not an offence to possess a gin trap, it is however a banned trap to set under Section 8 of the Pests Act 1954.

Illegal trap with serrated, spring-loaded, jaws found at nature reserve; The trap could have snared a child or pet at Kenfig National Nature Reserve in Bridgend, say police

The trap check frequency study was conducted in both North Andover, Massachusetts (n = 7) and Bethel, Ohio (n = 7) to determine how often multi-funnel traps needed to be checked.

Alternative survey methods for the emerald ash borer

First, and probably most common, is the FOOTHOLD TRAP. These traps are like toothless versions of the familiar cartoon bear traps with gigantic teeth.

Running the TRAPLINE: Both for wildlife management and as a source of income, fur trapping has a productive history as a useful homesteading skill

1A), 122 cm above the trap. The camera was connected by a waterproof cable to a water-tight acrylic case containing a mini digital video recorder (DVR) with a resolution of 640x480 lines (Model UV-K206, Unique Vision Technology Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, China) and encasing several 12V batteries (Fig.

Underwater video surveillance of American lobsters (Homarus americanus) to understand saturation levels in lobster traps

Assay