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abduction

abduction 1 a : the action of abducting [ of a robbery victim] b : the tort or felony

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Kidnapping for ransom

Kidnapping for ransom, Whoever kidnaps or abducts any person or keeps a person in detention after such kidnapping or abduction, and threatens to cause death

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Abduction

Abduction: (1) The forcible or fradulent taking away of a woman. It is felony:- (a) Where any person from

inveigle

inveigle in·vei·gled in·vei·gling : to lure by false representations or other deceit [whoever unlawfully…s, decoys, kidnaps, abducts, or carries away and holds for ransom or reward or otherwise any person…shall be punished by imprisonment "U.S.

kidnapping

kidnapping or kid·nap·ing n : an act or instance or the crime of seizing, confining, inveigling, abducting, or carrying away a person by force or fraud often with a demand for ransom or in furtherance

Consent

of the mind. In relation to Criminal Law, see (English) Criminal Law Amendment Acts, 1885-1922, and see AGE; ABDUCTION. The word 'consent' as used in s. 30(2) of the Sale of Goods Act means 'agreeing on the

Kidnapping

Kidnapping [fr. kind, Dut., a child, and nap, to steal], the forcible abduction or stealing away of a man, woman, or child from their own country, and sending them into another.

Maghvia

Maghvia, the word 'maghvia' does not connote that the woman had been abducted by the accused, Vidya Parkash v. State, AIR 1954 Pepsu 72.

Nun

convent. An obsolete (English) Act of 1285 (13 Edw. 1,c. 6) (Statute of Westminster the Second) punishes the abduction of a nun, though consenting, from her convent by three years' imprisonment and fine. Nuns are excepted from

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