Furtum non est ubi initium habet detentionis per dominum rei
Furtum non est ubi initium habet detentionis per dominum rei. It is not theft where the commencement of the detention arises through the owner of the thing. 3 Co. Inst. 107.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.