Dictionary entry

Outfangthef

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Out‐fang″thef (?), n. [AS. ūt-fangen-þeóf. 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.