Infangthef

INFAN6ENETHEF. The right of the lord of the manor to sit in judgment on the thief caught on his own laud. The jurisdictional powers granted in the charters of the thirteenth century frequently Included this right, which extended to the hanging of the thief so caught, and, for this purpose, the manorial gallows was erected on the land of the lord. The privilege of utfangenethef, more rarely given, conferred the right of hanging the thief, wherever caught, if he had upon his person the stolen goods, and If he were prosecuted by the loser of the goods; 1 Poll. & Maitl. 564; Holdsw. Hist E. L. 11.