Legal Term: ABDUCTION

Definition: crim. law. The carrying away of any person by force or fraud. This is a misdemeanor punishable by indictment. 1 East, P.C. 458, 1 Russell, 569. The civil remedies are recaption, (q.v.) 3 Inst. 134, Hal. Anal. 46, 3 Bl. Com 4, by writ of habeas corpus, and an action of trespass, Fitz. N. B. 89, 3 Bl. Com 139, n. 27, Roscoe, Cr. Ev. 193.

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