Bacberend
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Kinney (1893), Stimson (1881), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
or BACKBEREND. An old English law term for a thief caught with the stolen goods in his possession (upon his back). Spelman; Bracton, 150b.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
bacberende, backberend, the back; a thief cauglit with the in possession, v. Furtmn manifestum;
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
sax, (Carrying on the back.) A term used of a t Mef caught with the stolen goods.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Bacberende, Backberend. Sax. Bearing or carrjdng upon the back. A term applied in early English law to a thief caught with the thing stolen upon his back, {latrocinium drferens a tergo); as handhabend or hondhabende signified one who had it in his hand, (qui in manu remfuratarn habuerit). Spelman. Both these terms are used by Brae ton as instances or proofs of what was termed furtum manifestum, apparent or open theft, where the thief was caught with the thing stolen in his possession. Bract, fol. 150 b, 154 b, 122 b. 2 Beeves' Hist. Eng. Law, 40. See Furtum mani/estum, Handhabend, Opentheft.