outfangthief

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈaʊtfaŋθiːf/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. 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. historical,rare
    — A grant of outfangthief imports the trial of those of his fee taken for felony in another precinct.
  2. A privilege of some feudal lords permitting them to execute summary judgment upon all thieves captured within their estates, regardless of their origin. historical,rare
    — 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. A thief so captured and tried. countable,historical,rare

词形变化

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词汇关系

相关词
infangthief

词源

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.
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