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HANDHABEND Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of HANDHABEND is having possession of stolen goods —used in Old English law of a thief caught with the loot.
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hand-habend, adj. & n. meanings, etymology and more
The earliest known use of the word hand-habend is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for hand-habend is ...
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What is handhabend? Simple Definition & Meaning · LSD.Law
Handhabend: A word used in history to describe a thief who was caught with a stolen item. It means that the thief was carrying the stolen item with them.
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hand-habend
† hand-habend, a. (n.) O.E. Law. Also 3 -habbynde, 4 -habbing, 6 Sc. -havand, [Early ME. form of OE. *hand-hæbbend ‘hand-having’, for which the phrase actually found is æt hæbbendre handa ‘at or with a having hand’. The form habend was subseq. more or less modernized.] Of a thief: Having (the thing ...
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Handhabend: Understanding Its Legal Definition
The term handhabend refers to a person who is caught in the act of committing theft, typically with stolen goods in their possession. This term can also ...
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handhabend - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
English · Etymology · Adjective. edit. handhabend (not comparable). (obsolete, law) Having goods that one has stolen in one's possession. · Synonym: backberend ...
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Backberend and handhabend
In Anglo-Saxon law, backberend (also spelled backberende or back-berande) and handhabend (also spelled hand-habend or hand-habende) were terms applied The terms are respectively derived from "bearing [a thing] upon the back" and "having [a thing] in the hand".
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Handhabend Law and Legal Definition | USLegal, Inc.
The term 'handhabend' may refer to a thief caught in the act of stealing, with the thing stolen in his hand or about him/her. This term may also be used to ...
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Mean of word: hand-habend | Dunno English Dictionary
Mean of word: hand-habendChiefly in predicative use. Of a thief: having stolen goods in the hand; that is in the very act of stealing; 'red-handed'.
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Middle English Dictionary Entry - University of Michigan
hand-habend, adj. & n. Opens in a new window. Dictionary of Old English ... Law Of a thief: having stolen goods in hand, red-handed. Show 9 Quotations ...
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Backberend and handhabend - Wikiwand
In Anglo-Saxon law, backberend and handhabend were terms applied to a thief who was found having the stolen goods in his possession.
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mainour
ˈmainour, ˈmanner Obs. exc. Hist. or arch. Forms: 5 menowr, manor, 6–8 maner, (6 mayner, -ure, 6–7 maynour, 7 manoir), 7–8 Law Dicts. manour, meinor, -our(e, 6– mainour, manner. [a. AF. meinoure, mainoure, mainoevere, a. OF. maneuvre, lit. ‘hand-work’: see manœuvre. From the etymology, it would seem...
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back-berend
† ˈback-berend, a. (pres. pple.) Obs. In 3 -inde, 6–9 -and, 7 -end, 8 -ind. [OE. bæc-berende, f. bæc back + berende, pr. pple. of beran to bear: see backbear n.] Bearing on the back: an OE. combination, long retained as a law-term to describe a thief caught in the act of thus carrying off stolen pro...
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