outfangthief
nounEtymology
From out- + fang + thief, formed—probably in Middle English [Term?]—after the model of infangthief, with the only Old English [Term?] attestation a spurious charter forged in the 1st half of the 12th century.
Definitions
A privilege of some feudal lords permitting them to execute summary judgment upon thieves…
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.
- A grant of outfangthief imports the trial of those of his fee taken for felony in another precinct.
- The addition of outfangandthef is much less usual [than infangthief]; it seems to have meant the right to try a man of the barony taken stealing outside the barony, if necessary repledging him to the barony court.
A privilege of some feudal lords permitting them to execute summary judgment upon all…
A privilege of some feudal lords permitting them to execute summary judgment upon all thieves captured within their estates, regardless of their origin.
A thief so captured and tried.
The neighborhood
- neighborinfangthief
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA