handhabend

handhabend (hand-hab-[schwa]nd), adj. Hist. (Of a thief) caught in possession of a stolen item.

handhabend, n. [fr. Old English aet haebbendre handa “at or with a having hand”] Hist.

1. The bearing of stolen goods in hand or about the person. Cf. BACKBEREND.

2. A thief or another person caught carrying stolen goods.

3. Jurisdiction to try a person caught carrying stolen goods. — Also spelled hand-habende.

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