Usually means: Right to punish local thieves.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (infangthief)

noun:  (historical, law) A privilege of some feudal lords permitting them to execute summary judgment upon thieves captured within their estates, sometimes restricted to the lord's tenants or men and sometimes limited to those caught in flagrante delicto.

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