Outfangthef

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  outfangthef \out*fang"thef\ (out*f[a^]ng"th[e^]f), n. [AS.
     [=u]t-fangen-[thorn]e['o]f. See {Out}, {Fang}, v. t., and
     {Thief}.] (Anglo-Saxon & O. Eng. Law)
        (a) A thief from without or abroad, taken within a lord's
            fee or liberty.
        (b) The privilege of trying such a thief. --Burrill.


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