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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In old English law, the receiving or harboring of a felon with knowledge on the part of the harborer of the commission of a felony.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (O. Eng. Law) The receiving or harboring a felon knowingly, after the commission of a felony.

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