Handhabend
Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In Saxon law. One having a thing in his hand; that is, a thief found having the stolen goods in his possession,— latro manifestus of the civil law. See Laws Hen. I. c. 59; Laws Athelstane, § 6; Fleta, lib. 1, c. 38, § 1; Britt. p. 72; Du Cange. Jurisdiction to try such thief. Id.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
hand habhend, hand habbinde, sax.
In Saxon law. A thief caught with the thing stolen in his hand, or possession.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In Saxon law. One having a thing in his hand; that is, a thief found having the stolen goods in his possession. Jurisdiction to try such thief.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
Having in the hand; a thief caught with the goods in his possession, v. Bacberend.