Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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larceny of property lost, mislaid, or delivered by mistake

Larceny in which one obtains control of property the person knows to be lost, mislaid, or delivered by mistake (esp. in the amount of property or identity of recipient) and' fails to take reasonable measures to restore the property to the rightful owner. Model Penal Code § 223.5.