Abduction

(ab-dük's hun.) [ Lat. abduco, I lead away ] (Law.) The crime of unlawfully taking away, either by force, fraud, or persuasion, the person of another. The A. of a child under 10 years is felony; if it be a female under 16 years of age, the taking her from the protection ofher parents is a misdemeanor. [s. 3] IMG:plate0016.jpg:Gravür