The removal of things from one place to another. The carrying away of goods; one of the circumstances requisite to constitute the offense of larceny. Asportation is an essential element of common law kidnapping. “Asportation is defined as: ‘The removal of things from one place to another. The carrying away of goods; . . . […]
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Abactor
An obsolete and archaic legal term which refers to a person who steals and takes away the cattle or other farm animals by herds or in great numbers at the same time, as distinguished from a person who steals a single animal only.
Abaction
The act of carrying away by violence. “Abaction” is an archaic legal term derived from the Latin term abactio (“driving away” or “stealing”). The term was used to refer to the act of driving away or stealing cattle, sheep or other livestock.