2. Adjective. That has been stolen. ¹
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Definition of Stolen
1. steal [v] - See also: steal
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stolen
Literary usage of Stolen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"(111 SE) is the law that a person found In possession be got the watch and chain
from John and of goods recently stolen is presumed in law to be the thief, ..."
2. Handbook of Criminal Law by William Lawrence Clark, William Ephraim Mikell (1915)
"RECEIVING stolen GOODS 108. Receiving stolen goods is possibly a substantive
misdemeanor ... To constitute the crime (a) The property must have been stolen, ..."
3. Commentaries on the Laws of England by Herbert Broom, Edward Alfred Hadley, William Wait, William Blackstone (1875)
"An eighth offence to be here noticed is that of taking a reward, under pretence
of helping the owner to his stolen goods. ..."
4. Official Opinions of the Attorneys General of the United States: Advising by United States Attorney-General (1869)
"EIGHTS OF SONA FIDE HOLDERS OF stolen TREASURY NOTES. ... The notes were past
due when stolen and when purchased by the present holders. ..."
5. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1909)
"The scheme prospered, and it being found that owners of stolen property outbid
ordinary ... 6) by which receivers of stolen property were made accessories. ..."
6. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1880)
"If the animal or thing stolen had undergone alteration or change while in the
... In cither case the thief acquired a kind of right in the stolen property, ..."
7. A Treatise on the Law of Instructions to Juries in Civil and Criminal Cases ...by Henry Edward Randall by Henry Edward Randall (1922)
"Effect of payment of consideration for stolen property. 4566. ... Effect of
possession of stolen goods as evidence of guilt. 4568. ..."
8. A Treatise on the Law of Instructions to Juries in Civil and Criminal Cases ...by Henry Edward Randall by Henry Edward Randall (1922)
"Effect of payment of consideration for stolen property. 4566. ... Effect of
possession of stolen goods as evidence of guilt. 4568. ..."
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