Infangenethef

1) Right to prosecute thieves caught in the act within a territory and to confiscate their goods.

(Gies, Frances and Joseph. Life in a Medieval Village, 245)

2) Jurisdiction over a thief apprehended within the lord's manor; the right of a lord to try and amerce a thief caught within his manor.

(Bennett, H.S. Life on the English Manor: A Study of Peasant Conditions, 1150-1400, 338)

Related terms: Outfangenethef