theft-boottheft-boten.

Forms: Also Middle English, 1500s thef-, 1500s theefe-, 1500s–1600s theif(e-.

Etymology: originally thef-bote , < thef , thief n. + bote , boot n.¹ Afterwards altered (apparently first by Scottish writers) to theftbote : compare theftdom n., theftly adv.The early form suggests an Old English *þéof-bót, but this has not been found; the nearest equivalent in the Ags. Laws being þéof-gyld in Laws of Æthelred i. c. 1 §2, iii. c. 4, and of Cnut ii. c. 30 §1.

Obsolete exc. Historical.

The taking of some payment from a thief to secure him from legal prosecution; either the receiving back by the owner of the stolen goods or of some compensation, or the taking of a bribe by a person who ought to have brought the thief to justice.Nichols (1865) in Britton, in note to quot. 1292 at α. , suggests that the word ‘originally signified the legal bote or composition for theft’, and was then ‘applied to the illegal compounding of theft, or taking money to maintain or connive at such offenders’. But all our quotations refer to illegal payment, a form of compounding a felony.

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theft-boot1284

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1284 Stat. Wall. ann. 12 Edw. I, c. 4 De Thefbote, hoc est de emenda furti capta sine consideracione Curiæ Domini Regis.

1292 Britton i. xxi. §11 Et puis soit enquis de ceux qi ount pris thefbote.

1369 Liber Assisarum §5 (1606) 258 b Et les Iustices disoient q' vn home q' reprist son chattel emblee dun laron ne fuit pas thefbote, eins thefbote fuit proprement ou vn home prist ses chattels dun laron de luy fauourer & mainteiner, et nemy auterment.

1579 Rastell's Expos. Termes Lawes (new ed.) 177 b/2 Thefbote, is when a man taketh any goodes of a theefe to fauour and mainteine him. And not when a man taketh his owne goodes that were stollen from him &c.

β. a1450 Sc. Acts Robt. I c. 9 (1844) I. 109/2 (heading) Of þe takyn of thyftbute [L. rechatum de latrone].1515 Sc. Acts Jas. V (1814) II. 282/2 Gif this complenar..wald concord with the said theif and tak thiftbute and put him fra the Law, in that caice he sall vnderly the Law.1597 J. Skene De Verborum Significatione at Bote Thieft-bote..quhen ony sellis onie thiefe, or finis with him for thieft-dome done, or to be done.1618 M. Dalton Countrey Justice 253 Some other seeme to take this for theftboot, and so to bee punishable..only by ransome and imprisonment.1678 G. Mackenzie Laws & Customes Scotl. i. 211 Theft-boot is committed by securing a Thief against the punishment due by Law.1745 Univ. Spect. 10 Aug. Yorkshire Tom was committed to Clerkenwell-Bridewell..for Theft-boot, accepting of 17 Guineas and a half, not to prosecute John Ditcher, a notorious Pick-pocket.1769 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. IV. x. 133 The offence of theftbote, which is where the party robbed not only knows the felon, but also takes his goods again, or other amends, upon agreement not to prosecute.1814 W. Scott Waverley I. xv. 218 The baillie opined that this transaction would amount to theft-boot, or composition of felony. 1885 Law Times 80 115/2 The offence of compounding a felony was really the old crime of theft-bote.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	theft-boot
释义	theft-boottheft-boten. Forms: Also Middle English, 1500s thef-, 1500s theefe-, 1500s–1600s theif(e-. Etymology: originally thef-bote , < thef , thief n. + bote , boot n.¹ Afterwards altered (apparently first by Scottish writers) to theftbote : compare theftdom n., theftly adv.The early form suggests an Old English þéof-bót, but this has not been found; the nearest equivalent in the Ags. Laws being þéof-gyld* in Laws of Æthelred i. c. 1 §2, iii. c. 4, and of Cnut ii. c. 30 §1. Obsolete exc. Historical. The taking of some payment from a thief to secure him from legal prosecution; either the receiving back by the owner of the stolen goods or of some compensation, or the taking of a bribe by a person who ought to have brought the thief to justice.Nichols (1865) in Britton, in note to quot. 1292 at α. , suggests that the word ‘originally signified the legal bote or composition for theft’, and was then ‘applied to the illegal compounding of theft, or taking money to maintain or connive at such offenders’. But all our quotations refer to illegal payment, a form of compounding a felony. ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [noun] > compounding a felony theft-boot1284 α. 1284 Stat. Wall. ann. 12 Edw. I, c. 4 De Thefbote, hoc est de emenda furti capta sine consideracione Curiæ Domini Regis. 1292 Britton i. xxi. §11 Et puis soit enquis de ceux qi ount pris thefbote. 1369 Liber Assisarum §5 (1606) 258 b Et les Iustices disoient q' vn home q' reprist son chattel emblee dun laron ne fuit pas thefbote, eins thefbote fuit proprement ou vn home prist ses chattels dun laron de luy fauourer & mainteiner, et nemy auterment. 1579 Rastell's Expos. Termes Lawes (new ed.) 177 b/2 Thefbote, is when a man taketh any goodes of a theefe to fauour and mainteine him. And not when a man taketh his owne goodes that were stollen from him &c. β. a1450 Sc. Acts Robt. I c. 9 (1844) I. 109/2 (heading) Of þe takyn of thyftbute [L. rechatum de latrone].1515 Sc. Acts Jas. V (1814) II. 282/2 Gif this complenar..wald concord with the said theif and tak thiftbute and put him fra the Law, in that caice he sall vnderly the Law.1597 J. Skene De Verborum Significatione at Bote Thieft-bote..quhen ony sellis onie thiefe, or finis with him for thieft-dome done, or to be done.1618 M. Dalton Countrey Justice 253 Some other seeme to take this for theftboot, and so to bee punishable..only by ransome and imprisonment.1678 G. Mackenzie Laws & Customes Scotl. i. 211 Theft-boot is committed by securing a Thief against the punishment due by Law.1745 Univ. Spect. 10 Aug. Yorkshire Tom was committed to Clerkenwell-Bridewell..for Theft-boot, accepting of 17 Guineas and a half, not to prosecute John Ditcher, a notorious Pick-pocket.1769 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. IV. x. 133 The offence of theftbote, which is where the party robbed not only knows the felon, but also takes his goods again, or other amends, upon agreement not to prosecute.1814 W. Scott Waverley I. xv. 218 The baillie opined that this transaction would amount to theft-boot, or composition of felony. View more context for this quotation1885 Law Times 80 115/2 The offence of compounding a felony was really the old crime of theft-bote. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1284
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