Outfangenethef

Outfangenethef
♦ The lord's right to pursue a thief outside his own jurisidiction, bring him back to his own court for trial, and keep his forfeited chattels on conviction.
(Bennett, H.S. Life on the English Manor: A Study of Peasant Conditions, 1150-1400, 338)
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Medieval glossary. 2014.

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  • 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 …   Medieval glossary

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