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Mainour
Mainour, A stolen article found in the hands of a thief. At common law, the thief could be arraigned and tried without an indictment. Also spelled manour; meinour. Also
Homo trium litterarum
three letters, sc., f, u, r), employed in comedy by Plautus to denote the Latin word fur, a thief.
Hontfongenethef, or Honfangenethef
Hontfongenethef, or Honfangenethef, a thief taken with hond-habend-i.e., having the thing stolen in his hand, Cowel. See BACKBERINDE.
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Ignorantia facti excusat, ignorantia juris non excusat
is murder. But a mistake of fact is an excuse, as where a man, intending to kill a thief or house-breaker in his own house, by mistake kills one of his own family, this is no criminal
Mantheoff
Mantheoff [fr. mannus, Lat., a horse; and theft, Sax., a thief], a horse-stealer, Leg. Alb.
Infangenthef
Infangenthef, a privilege of lords of certain manors to judge any thief taken within their fee, Anc. Inst. Eng
Larceny
away (cepit et asportavit). A bare removal from the place in which he found the goods, though the thief does not quite make off with them, is a sufficient asportation or carrying away. It must be of
Mainour, Manour or meinour
Mainour, Manour or meinour, a thing taken away which is found in the hand (in manu) of the thief who took it.
Manner or mainour
Manner or mainour [fr. the Fr. manier]. To be taken with the mainour is where a thief is taken with the stolen goods about him-as it were in his hands; that is, in flagrante delicto.
Manopus
Manopus, goods taken in the hands of an apprehended thief. See MANU OPERA.
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