Burglar
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
[L. Lat. burglator, burgator, quasi burgi latro, the robber of a burg, or fenced place.] In criminal law. A nocturnal housebreaker; one who by night breaks and enters into a mansion [or dwelling] house, with intent to commit a felony.
3 Inst, 63.
In American law, this definition has been considerably modified.
See Burglary.