Out-fāng'thef, n.

n. [A-S. ūt-fangen-theof, from ūt, out, fangen, taken, p. p. of fōn, to take, and theof, thief.] (Anglo-Saxon & O. Eng. Law.) (a.) A thief from without or abroad, taken within a lord’s fee or liberty. (b.) The privilege of trying such a thief. [Obs.] Burrill.