DE HAEREDE RAPTO ET ABDUCTO

de  haerede  rapto  et abducto  (dee hi-ree-dee rap-toh  et ab-d<<schwa>>k-toh),  n.[Law  Latin

“of an heir ravished and  carried away”] Hist. A writ allowing a lord to recover a ward who  had

been taken by another person. [Blacks Law 8th]