[utfang] (1321)
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[utfang] (1321)

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[gdw]

  FEW: ∅ Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF: ∅ DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED:  outfang n.  MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅
houtfang  
ls(loanword: English )
le

The word is an abbreviation of utfangenthef, and is also found in English (but only from the mid sixteenth century).

s.

1lawoutfangthief, the right of a lord to claim for trial a tenant who has committed an offence outside his territory (and to keep any forfeited properties): 
( 1321 ) Infang et houtfang ne cheit sauntz franchise aver  Ed II xxvi.ii 209
utfangenthef 
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