FURTUM
Categories: Criminal Law
Definition (1910 Edition)
H prevents marriage from being contracted, because consent is needed. Dig. 23, 2, 16, 2; 1 Ves. & B. 140; 1 Bl. Comm. 439; Wightman v. Wightman, 4 Johns. Ch. (N. Y.) 343, 845. .
ing any one in the presence of witnesses in due form, the thing stolen was discovered in his possession.—Furtum grave. In Scotch law. An aggravated degree of theft, anciently punished with death. It still remains an open point what amount of value raises the theft to this serious denomination. 1 Broun, 352, note. See 1 Swint. 467—Furtaum manifestum. Open theft. Theft where a thief is caught with the property in his possession. Bract. fol. 1500. —Furtum oblatum. In the civil law. Offered theft. Oblatum furtum dicitur cum res furtiva ab aliquo tibi oblata sit, caque apud te concepta sit. Theft is called “oblatum” when
ing any one in the presence of witnesses in due form, the thing stolen was discovered in his possession.—Furtum grave. In Scotch law. An aggravated degree of theft, anciently punished with death. It still remains an open point what amount of value raises the theft to this serious denomination. 1 Broun, 352, note. See 1 Swint. 467—Furtaum manifestum. Open theft. Theft where a thief is caught with the property in his possession. Bract. fol. 1500. —Furtum oblatum. In the civil law. Offered theft. Oblatum furtum dicitur cum res furtiva ab aliquo tibi oblata sit, caque apud te concepta sit. Theft is called “oblatum” when
Source: Black's Law Dictionary, 2nd Edition (1910) — Public Domain.
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