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Bacberend

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

or BACKBEREND. An old English law term for a thief caught with the stolen goods in his possession (upon his back).

Spelman; Bracton, 150b.