Legal Definition and Related Resources of Fence

A hedge, structure, wall, ditch or partition for the purpose of entirely, or partially, enclosing a piece of land, is a fence. Colloquially, a person who is a receiver of stolen goods and who, after receiving the stolen goods, disposes of them for profit .

A structure or erection between two contiguous estates, so as to divide them, or on the same estate, so as to divide one part from another. In Scotch Law. To hedge in or protect by certain forms. To fence a court, to open in due form. Pitc. Crim. Law, pt. 1, p. 75.

noun

• buyer of stolen goods
• buyer of stolen property
• disposer of stolen goods
• purchaser of stolen goods
• purchaser of stolen property
• receiver
• receiver of stolen goods
• receiver of stolen property
• recipient of stolen goods
• recipient of stolen property
• vendor of stolen goods
• vendor of stolen property Associated Concepts: burglary
• robbery
• theft

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