INFANGTHIEF

infangthief (in-fang-theef). [fr. Old English in “in” + fangen “taken” + theof “thief”] Hist. A privilege held by a lord of a manor to try, and deal summarily with, a thief captured on the lord’s land, esp. a thief captured with plunder. — Also spelled infangthef. Cf. OUTFANGTHIEF.