• (n.) The privilege granted to lords of certain manors to judge thieves taken within the seigniory of such lords.
In·fang'thef noun [ Anglo-Saxon in-fangen- þeóf ; in in, into + fangen taken (past participle of fōn to take) + þeóf thief.] (O. Eng. Law) The privilege granted to lords of certain manors to judge thieves taken within the seigniory of suc...