Definition of Backberend | OpenJurist

Definitions from Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition and Ballentine's Law Dictionary as are available for each term in each dictionary.

Backberend

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

Definition:
The carrying of the stolen goods with him by a thief.
Backberend

Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition

Definition:
Sax. Bearing upon the back or about the person. Applied to a thief taken with the stolen property in his immediate possession. Bract 1, 3, tr. 2, c. 32. Used with handhabend, having in the hand.