See also:

• KIDNAPPING (from kid, a slang term for a child, and nap or nab, to steal)

KIDNAPPING (from kid, a See also:

• SLANG

slang See also:

• TERM

term for a See also:

• CHILD
• CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
• CHILD, L
• CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
• CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
• CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
• CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)

child, and See also:

• NAP

nap or nab, to steal)  , originally the stealing and carrying away of See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children and others to serve as servants or labourers in the See also:

• AMERICAN

American plantations; it was defined by See also:

• BLACKSTONE, SIR WILLIAM (1723-1780)

Blackstone as the forcible See also:

• ABDUCTION (Lat. abductio, abducere, to lead away)

abduction or stealing away of a See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man, woman or See also:

• CHILD
• CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
• CHILD, L
• CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
• CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
• CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
• CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)

child from their own See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country and sending them into another . The difference between See also:

• KIDNAPPING (from kid, a slang term for a child, and nap or nab, to steal)

kidnapping, abduction (q.v.) and false imprisonment is not very See also:

• GREAT

great; indeed, kidnapping may be said to be a See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of See also:

• ASSAULT (from Lat. ad, to or on, and saltare, to leap)

assault and false imprisonment, aggravated by the carrying of the See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person to some other See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place . The See also:

• TERM

term is, however, more commonly applied in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England to the offence of taking away children from the See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of their parents . By the Offences against the Person See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act 1861, " whosoever shall unlawfully, by force or See also:

• FRAUD (Lat. fraus, deceit)

fraud, See also:

• LEAD
• LEAD (pronounced iced)

lead or take away or See also:

• DECOY

decoy or entice away or detain any child under the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of fourteen years with See also:

• INTENT (from Lat. intend ere, to stretch out, extend, particularly in the phrase intendere animum, to turn one's mind to, purpose)

intent to deprive any See also:

• PARENT, SIMON NAPOLEON (1855– )

parent, See also:

• GUARDIAN

guardian or other person having the lawful care or See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge of such child of the possession of such child, or with intent to steal any See also:

• ARTICLE (from Lat. articulus, a joint)

article upon or about the person of such child, to whomsoever such article may belong, and whosoever shall with any such intent receive or See also:

• HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour any such child, &c.," shall be guilty of See also:

• FELONY (0. Fr. felonie, from felon, a word meaning " wicked," common to Romanic languages, cf. Italian fella, fellone, the ultimate origin of which is obscure, but is possibly connected either with Lat. fel, gall, or fallere, to deceive. The English " fel

felony, and is liable to penal See also:

• SERVITUDE (Lat. servitus, from service, to serve)

servitude for not more than seven years, or to imprisonment for any term not more than two years with or without hard labour . The abduction or unlawfully taking away an unmarried girl under sixteen out of the possession and against the will of her See also:

• FATHER

father or See also:

• MOTHER

mother, or any other person having the lawful care or charge of her, is a See also:

• MISDEMEANOUR (from O. Fr. mes- and demener, to conduct oneself ill)

misdemeanour under the same act . The term is used in much the same sense in the See also:

• UNITED

United States . The kidnapping or forcible taking away of persons to serve at See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea is treated under See also:

• IMPRESSMENT

IMPRESSMENT .