Beware of the dog
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Beware of the dog is a warning sign indicating that a dangerous dog is within.
[edit] History
Warning signs of this sort have been found in ancient Roman buildings such as the House of the Tragic Poet in Pompeii, which contains a mosaic with the caption "Cave canem". Some suppose that these warnings may sometimes have been intended to prevent visitors from stepping upon small, delicate dogs of the Italian greyhound type.[1]
[edit] Law
Under English law, placing such a sign does not relieve the owner of responsibility for any harm which may come to people attacked by the dog.[2][3]
Such signs may be placed to deter burglary even if there is no dog.[4][5]
[edit] References
- ^ Cheryl S. Smith, The Rosetta bone, pp. 10–11, http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=4OI6G9fCwlwC&oi=fnd&pg=PR7
- ^ James Paterson (1877), Commentaries on the Liberty of the Subject and the Laws of England, p. 271
- ^ Charles Greenstreet Addison, Horace Gray Wood (1876), A treatise on the law of torts, p. 285
- ^ R Wright, RH Logie (1988), "How young house burglars choose targets", The Howard Journal of Criminal Justice
- ^ C Wilkinson (1998), "Deconstructing the fort", Journal of Australian Studies
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