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Fegangi

Defined in 3 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A fleeing thief caught red-handed.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

An escaping thief caught with stolen goods in his possession. Spel. Gloss. FEHMGERiCHTE. An irregular tribunal which existed and flourished in Westphalia during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. From the close of the fourteenth century its Importance rapidly diminished; and it was finally suppressed by Jerome Bonaparte in 1811. See Bork, Qeachichte der Westphalichen Vehmgerichte; Paul Wigand, Das Fehmgericht Westphaleus.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In old English law. A thief caught white escaping with the stolen goods in his possession. Spelman.