asportation

asportation
as·por·ta·tion /ˌas-pər-'tā-shən/ n [Latin asportatio, from asportare to carry off, from abs - away + portare to carry]: a carrying away; specif: the carrying away of someone else's property that is an element of larceny

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

asportation
noun criminal ablation, criminal remotion, criminal removement, criminal transmission, delocalization, felonious abreption, felonious removal, felonious transference, felonious translocation, furtive removal, illegal amotion, illegal carriage, illegal subduction, illegal transmittance, illegal transplantation, illegal transshipment, wrongful displacement, wrongful removal, wrongful transfer associated concepts: burglary, conversion and trover, larceny, robbery

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006


asportation
n.
Moving goods or a person from one place to another, as in larceny or kidnapping.

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.


asportation
carrying away to steal. See, for Scotland, theft.

Collins dictionary of law. . 2001.


asportation
n. The carrying away or moving the personal property of another. It does not matter how short the distance or slight the movement as long as the person who carries away or moves the property is knowingly and intentionally exercising control of the property without the consent and to the exclusion of the rights of the owner.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary. . 2000.


asportation
The removal of items from one place to another, such as carrying things away illegally.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


asportation
The removal of items from one place to another, such as carrying things away illegally.

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  • Asportation — 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. [1913 Webster] Note: It is adjudged to be larceny, though the goods …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • asportation — c.1500, from L. asportationem (nom. asportatio) a breathing on, exhalation, noun of action from pp. stem of asportare to carry off, from abs away (see AB (Cf. ab )) + portare to carry (see PORT (Cf. port) (1)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • asportation — The act of carrying away. In larceny it is the carrying away of the goods following the caption or taking possession of them; it is the very first act of removal of the property and may consist of the least removing of the thing taken See 32 Am… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

  • asportation — /aesparteyshan/ The removal of things from one place to another. The carrying away of something; in kidnapping, the carrying away of the victim; in larceny, the carrying away of the victim s property. The carrying away of goods; one of the… …   Black's law dictionary

  • asportation — /aesparteyshan/ The removal of things from one place to another. The carrying away of something; in kidnapping, the carrying away of the victim; in larceny, the carrying away of the victim s property. The carrying away of goods; one of the… …   Black's law dictionary

  • asportation — ˌaspə(r)ˈtāshən noun ( s) Etymology: Middle English asportacioun, from Latin asportation , asportatio, from asportatus (past participle of asportare to carry off, from as from abs, ab away + portare to carry) + ion , io ion more at of, port : a… …   Useful english dictionary

  • asportation — noun The felonious movement of goods …   Wiktionary

  • asportation — as·por·ta·tion …   English syllables

  • asportation —   n. removal, especially crime of removing property …   Dictionary of difficult words

  • Larceny — In the United States, larceny is a common law crime involving theft. Under the common law, larceny is the trespassory taking (caption) and carrying away (asportation, removal) of the tangible personal property of another with the intent to… …   Wikipedia

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