outfangthief
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
(historical, rare)(historical, law, properly, rare) A privilege of some feudal lords permitting them to execute summary judgment upon thieves (particularly their own tenants) captured outside their estates and to keep any chattels forfeited upon conviction.
- 2.
(historical, rare)(historical, law, generally, rare) A privilege of some feudal lords permitting them to execute summary judgment upon all thieves captured within their estates, regardless of their origin.
But feudalism also contained another principle, and that was, that within his own territory each lord was absolute; his suzerain could not interfere with his jurisdiction; infangthief and outfangthief implied a very perfect and intelligible power of hanging and imprisoning as he pleased.
- 3.
(countable, historical, rare)(historical, law, rare, countable) A thief so captured and tried.
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From out- + fang + thief, formed—probably in Middle English—after the model of infangthief, with the only Old English attestation a spurious charter forged in the 1st half of the 12th century.