Asportation

(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 21:55:37

As`por*ta"tion (#), n. [L. asportatio, fr. asportare to carry away; abs = ab + portare to bear, carry.] Law

The felonious removal of goods from the place where they were deposited.

⇒ It is adjudged to be larceny, though the goods are not carried from the house or apartment.

Blackstone.

 

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