Abigere

See Auickus. ABIGEUS ( I. at. abigere). One who steals cattle in numbers. stance distinguishes the abigeus from the fur, who was simply a thief. He who steals a single animal may be called fur (q. v.); he who steals a flock or herd is an abigeus. The word is derived from abigercj to lead or drive away, and is the same in signification as Abactor (q. v.), Abigcatores, Abigatores, Abigei. Du Cange; Guyot, Rep. Univ.; 4 Bla. Com. 239. A distinction Is also taken by some writers depending upon the place whence the cattle are taken; thus, one who takes cattle from a stable Is called fur. Calvinus, Lex, Abigei.

Lat.

In the civil law. To drive away. Applied to those who drove away animals with the intention of stealing them. Applied, also, to the similar offense of cattle stealing on the borders between England and Scotland. See Abigeus. To drive out; to expel by force; to produce abortion. Dig. 47, 11, 4.

I.

In the civil law. To drive away. Applied to the driving pivia,y of cattle in herds or repeatedly with intent to steal; to cattlestealing. To expel or drive out Applied also to the producing of an abortion.

Lat. (From ab, from; and agere, to drive.) In the civillaw. To drive away. Appliedto those who drove away sninals with the intention of stealing them. Dig. 47, 14, “De abigeis.” Applied, also, to the similar offense of cattle stealing on the borders between England and Scotland. Scott's Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Intred. Append. No. vii.

Lat. [from ab, from, and agere, to drive.] In the civil law. To drive away. Applied to those who drove away aninoals with the intention of stealing them. Dig, 47, 14, de abigeis. Applied also to the similar offence of cattle stealing on the borders between England and Scotland.

— Scott's Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Introd. Append. No. viL