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Furtum non est ubi initium habet detentionis per dominum rei

Furtum non est ubi initium habet detentionis per dominum rei, [Lat.], It is not theft where the commencement of the detention arises through the will of the owner of the thing detained.

Latrocinium

Latrocinium, the prerogative of adjudging and executing thieves; also larceny, theft, Old Charter.

Lex hostilia de furtis

Lex hostilia de furtis, a Roman law which provided that a prosecution for theft might be carried on without the owner's intervention, 4 Steph. Com.

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Mail

trunk], a bag of letters carried by the post, or the vehicle which carries the letters. As to theft, embezzlement by Post Office officer, or receiving mail bag, see (English) Larceny Act, 1916 (6 & 7 Geo.

Mantheoff

Mantheoff [fr. mannus, Lat., a horse; and theft, Sax., a thief], a horse-stealer, Leg. Alb.

Ran

Ran, open or public theft.

Robbery

Robbery, In all robbery there is either theft or extortion (Penal Code, 1860, s. 390) The unlawful and forcible taking from the person of another, of

Sacaburth, Sacabere, Sakabere

Sacaburth, Sacabere, Sakabere, he that is robbed, or by theft deprived of his money or goods, and puts in surety to prosecute the felon with fresh suits, Bract.,

Stolen property

of 'stolen property' given in s. 410, Penal Code. Only such property possession whereof has been transferred by theft, or extortion or criminal misappropriation or other offences allied to them as mentioned in s. 410, falls within

Title to lands, Documents of

to any real estate, or to any interest in or out of real estate (s. 1). As to theft, see Larceny Act, 1916, ss. 7 and 46. In the (English) Forgery Act, 1913, 'document of title to

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