Thief
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence · Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
The term " thieves " is broad enough in law to cover both compound and simple larceny. When used in a policy upon cargo of a vessel, it is not restricted in its application to pirates, rovers, &c., but covers a simple larceny, committed by a stranger to the ship.
American Ins. Co. v. Bryan, lirt«(iV^,y.), 25.