Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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Contrectatio rei alienae animo furandi est furtum
Touching or taking another's property with an intention of stealing is theft.
Furtum est contrectatio rei alienae fraudulenta, cum animo furandi, invito illo domino cujus res illa fuerat
Theft is the fraudulent handling of another's property, with an intention of stealing, against the will of the proprietor, whose property it had been.
Furtum non est ubi initium habet detentionis per dominium rei
There is not theft where the holder has a beginning of detention (began holding the object) through ownership of the thing.
furtum
[fr. Latin furuus "black"] Hist. 1. A theft of movable property. Under Roman law, furtum included not only the taking of another's property, but any handling of the property done with the intent of profiting by it. Furtum was a private crime (delictum) prosecuted by the person suffering the loss. "The word furtum is derived from fixrvus, a word which means black, because theft is committed secretly and stealthily and usually by night ...." R.W. Lee, The Elements of Roman Law 385 (4th ed. 1956)
furtum grave
Hist. Scots law. An aggravated degree of theft that, in ancient times, was punishable by death.
furtum manifestum
[Latin "open theft"] Roman law. A theft in which the thief is caught in the act of theft. See IN FLAGRANTE DELICTO.
furtum oblatum
[Latin"offered theft"] Roman law. A theft in which the thief offers stolen property to a person who is then found with the goods; the planting of stolen goods.
li furtum conceptum
[Latin] Roman law. A theft in which the thief is discovered in possession of stolen property after a search with witnesses.