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  • noun In law, theft; robbery.

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  • 2 The term furtum, or theft, is derived either from furvum, meaning

    The Institutes of Justinian John Baron Moyle 1891

  • Tibi subjicito quae fiunt aliis, furtum convitia, &c. Et in iis in te admissis non excandesces.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • But in either case, if the accused householder could prove that a person other than himself for any reason had placed the stolen articles in his house, he could obtain from that person on conviction damages of thrice their value for _furtum oblatum_

    The Twelve Tables Anonymous

  • Sallust and Caesar use _fide_ (_Iug_ 16 3; _BG_ V 3 7); at the time of Germanicus, _fide_ is found at Hor _Sat_ I iii 94-95 'quid faciam si furtum fecerit, aut si

    The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid

  • If in the latter case stolen goods were discovered, the thief on conviction was condemned to pay thrice their value for _furtum conceptum_

    The Twelve Tables Anonymous

  • Saturnia regna is, in Epicurean lore, the primitive life of the early savages; furtum Promethei (I. 42) must refer to Epicurus 'explanation of how fire came from clashing trees and from lightning.

    Vergil Frank, Tenney, 1876-1939 1922

  • _At ego hunc grandis grandem natu ob furtum ad carnificem dabo.

    Amphitryo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi Amphitryon, The Comedy of Asses, The Pot of Gold, The Two Bacchises, The Captives Titus Maccius Plautus 1919

  • In furtum, the thief could be prosecuted either civilly or criminally, and in the civil action the thing or the penalty could be recovered.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913

  • Instances were: furtum (theft), either manifest or concealed; rapina

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913

  • /2 "In lege antiqua si servus sciente domino furtum fecit, vel aliam noxiam commisit, servi nomine actio est noxalis, nec dominus suo nomine tenetur."

    The Common Law Oliver Wendell Holmes 1888

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