abaction

[Lat. abactio = a driving away.] Law: A stealing of cattle on a large scale. [ABACTOR.] ab-ac-tor(pl.ab-ac-tör'-ēs), s. [ Lat.abactor =a cattle-stealer on a large scale; one who drives away herds of cattle abigo to drive away: abfrom; ago to lead or drive.] In Law , with the same meaning as the Latin word from which it comes. [ABIGEAT.] "The abac to res, or a big eat ores, who drove one horse or two mares or oxen, or five hogs, or ten goats, were subject to capital punishment."-Gibbon: Decl, & Fall, ch. xliv.