Theft
Theft (theft) , noun
[Old English thefte, Anglo-Saxon þiéfee, þȳfee, þeófee. 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.
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. [Rare]
If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive,... he shall restore double.