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Abduction

 
(ab′dək·shən)

(physiology) Movement of an extremity or other body part away from the axis of the body.


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Movement of a body segment (e.g. arm or leg) away from the midline of the body. The term also refers to the movement of fingers or toes when they are spread apart. Compare adduction.


Barron's Law Dictionary:

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Broadly, the criminal or tortious act of “taking and carrying away by force.” This taking may be by means of fraud , persuasion, or open violence. Its object may be a child, ward, wife, etc., but the offense is against the family relationship and not the person taken. At common law , a wife could not maintain a civil action for abduction of her husband. In its most exclusive sense abduction is restricted to the taking of females for the purpose of marriage, concubinage, or prostitution. 60 A. 601, 603. In private or civil [as opposed to criminal] law , abduction is the act of taking away a man’s wife by violence or by persuasion.
54 P. 847. Compare kidnapping.
(abduk′shən)
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The process of abducting; opposite of adduction.

Abduction or abducted may refer to:

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Of a person or people

  • Kidnapping, the taking away of a person against the person's will
    • Alien abduction, memories of being taken by apparently nonhuman entities
    • Bride kidnapping, a practice in which a man abducts the woman he wishes to marry
    • Child abduction, the abduction or kidnapping of a young child (or baby) by an older person
    • Express kidnapping, a method of abduction where a small ransom that a company or family can easily pay is requested
    • Raptio, large scale abduction of women, either for marriage or enslavement
    • Tiger kidnapping, taking a hostage to force a loved one or associate of the victim to do something
  • Arrest, the taking into custody of a person, especially against his will and/or ensured by the use of restraints

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