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Sacaburth

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Kinney (1893), Stimson (1881)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

or SACABERE (from sac, cause, and hurth, pledge. He that is robbed and puts in surety to prosecute the felon with fresh suit. Britton, c. 15, 29; Bracton, lib. 3, c. 32; Cowell.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

One who went in fresh pursuit of his stolen goods.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

sakaburth, saccabor, sacaber, sacborgh, sax.

In old English law. A person from whom a thing was stolen, and by whom the thief, liaving it on his person, was freshly pursued.

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

saccabor, sax. A person from whom a thing had been stolen, and who freshly pursued the thief.