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Theft   (?), n. [OE.
thefte, AS. &thorn;iéfðe,
&thorn;&ymacr;fðe, &thorn;eófðe.
See Thief.]

1. (Law) The act of stealing; specifically, the felonious taking and removing of personal property, with an intent to deprive the rightful owner of the same; larceny.
 &fist; To constitute theft there must be a taking without the owner's consent, and it must be unlawful or felonious; every part of the property stolen must be removed, however slightly, from its former position; and it must be, at least momentarily, in the complete possession of the thief. See Larceny, and the Note
under Robbery.
2. The thing stolen. [R.]
 
If the theft be certainly found in his
hand alive, . . . he shall restore double.
Ex. xxii. 4.

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