Kidnapping - Law Dictionary Search Results
Blackbirding
The kidnaping of negroes or Polynesians to be sold as slaves
Stealing Children
Stealing Children. See KIDNAPPING.
Take out of keeping of the lawful guardian
a minor out of the keeping of a lawful guardian is an essential ingredient of the offence of kidnapping, S. Vardarajan v. State of Madras, AIR 1965 SC 942: (1965) 1 SCR 243. [Indian Penal Code, s.
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carjacking
also being forced to remain in the car In the latter two cases the act also constitutes a kidnapping
Contempt of court
his representative. Among the latter is the attempting by intimidation to cause any suitor to discontinue his action, kidnapping or corrupting witnesses or attempting to do so, corrupting or attempting to corrupt jurors, obstructing or attempting to
Abduction
c. 12). (3) The Common Law misdemeanour of forcibly stealing or carrying away any person, sometimes known as kidnapping and more accurately described as assault and false imprisonment. Where the person carried away is taken abroad the
simple
oral or written but not under seal or of record 2 : not extreme, aggravated, or complicated [ kidnapping] 3 : having no limitations or restrictions see also fee simple sim·ply adv
ransom
ransom : a consideration paid or demanded for the release of someone or something from captivity see also kidnapping vt : to free from captivity by paying a price
plagiarize
plagiarize -rized -riz·ing [from plagiary plagiarist, from Latin plagiarius, literally, kidnapper, from plagium netting of game, kidnapping, from plaga net] vt : to copy and pass off (the expression of ideas or words of another)
murder
the murder. a murder that is committed with premeditation or during the course of a serious felony (as kidnapping) or that otherwise (as because of extreme cruelty) requires the most serious punishment under the law a murder
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