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   Theft , n. [OE. thefte, AS. þiéfðe, þȳfðe, þeófðe. See Thief.]
   (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.
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   ☞ 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.
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   The thing stolen. [R.]
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   If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, . . . he shall restore double.
   Ex. xxii. 4.
   
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