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The Rule of Capture

Post had chased it through the waste.
Pierson slayed it; left in haste.

Post laid suit before the Court;
Claimed it by the rules of sport.

With Puffendorf their legal guide
The Court came down on Pierson’s side.

The rule is what you might have thought it:
Who owns the fox? The one who got it.



(Says Livingston: The Court’s a fool
To thus replace the Golden Rule.)