No: HPFGUIDX 185397 > a_svirn: > Then why didn't Draco's wand consider itself stolen? Pippin: Because it knew that Harry had defeated its master, Draco, in combat. I assume that JKR is riffing on the customs of knighthood, by which the victor in personal combat was entitled to the weapons, armor and steed of the defeated knight. Pippin