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In Old English Law. Stealthily; by stealth. Fleta, lib. 1, c. 38, 3. FURTUM (r>at.). Theft. The fraudulent appropriation to one’s self of the property of another, with an intention to commit theft, without the consent of the owner. Fleta, 1. 1, c. 36; Bract. 150; Co. 3d Inst. 107. The thing which has been stolen. Bract. 151. FURTUM CONCEPTUM (Lat.). The theft which was disclo.sed when, upon searching any one in the presence of witnesses in due form, the thing stolen is found. Detected theft is perhaps, the nearest concise translation of the phrase, though not quite exact. Vicat, Voc. Jur, FURTUM GRAVE (Lat). Aggravated theft. Formerly there were three classes of this theft: first, by landed men; second, by a trustee or one holding property under a trust; third, theft of the rnajora animalia (larger animals), including children. Bell, Diet FURTUM MANIFESTUM (Lat). Open theft. Theft where a thief is caught with the property in his possession. Bract. 150 b. FURTUM OBLATUM (Lat). The theft committed when stolen property is given to any one so as not to be found in the thief’s possession. The crime of receiving stolen property. Calvinus, Lex. FU8TI6ATI0. I,n English Law. A beating with sticks or club; one of the ancient kinds of punishment of malefactors. Bract fol. 104 6, lib. 3, tr. 1, c. 6.

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In old English law. Stealthily; by stealth.

Inold Englishlaw. Stealthlly; by stealth. Fleta, lib. 1, c. 38, § 3.