obreption (obrepshon)

[ = F. obreption = Sp. obrepcion =Pg. obrepção = It. obrezione, Sudden incursions and obreptions , sins of mere ignorance and inadvertency. Cudworth, Sermons, p. 81. 2. In Scots law, the obtaining of gifts of escheat, etc., by falsehood: opposed to subrep tion, in which such gifts are procured by concealing the truth.