Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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Handhabend

n. [fr. Old English aet haebbendre handa "at or with a having hand"] Hist. 1. The bearing of stolen goods in hand or about the person. Cf. BACKBEREND. 2. A thief or another person caught carrying stolen goods. 3. Jurisdiction to try a person caught carrying stolen goods. - Also spelled hand-habende.

handhabend

adj. Hist. (Of a thief) caught in possession of a stolen item.