backberend

backberend (bak-ber-[schwa]nd). [Old English] Hist.

1. The bearing of stolen goods upon the back or about the person. • Backberend is sometimes modernized to backbearing.

2. A person caught carrying stolen goods. — Also spelled bacberende; backberinde. Cf. HANDHABEND.

“Backberinde signifieth bearing upon the Back, or about a Man. Bracton useth it for a Sign or Circumstance of Theft apparent, which the Civilians call Furtum manifestum….” Giles Jacob, A New Law-Dictionary (8th ed. 1762).


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