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In criminal law. An unlawful taking of a woman, or of an heir in ward. Rape. Ravishment de gard. IA Fr. An abolished writ which lay for a guardian by knight's service or in socage, against a person who took from him the body of his ward. Fitzh. Nat Brev. 140 ; 12 Oar. II. c. 3. Ravishment of ward. In English law. The marriage of an infant ward without the consent of the … [Read more...] about RAVISHMENT

In criminal law. Plunder; pillage; robbery. In the civil law, rapina is defined as the forcible and violent taking ot another man's movable property with the criminal intent to appropriate it to the robber's own use. A praetorian action lay for this offense, in which quadruple damages were recoverable. … [Read more...] about RAPINE

The constitution of the United States, art. 2, s. 2, declares that the president shall have power, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, to make treaties, provided two-thirds of the senators present concur. 2. So treaty is therefore of any validity to bind the nation unless it has been ratified by two-thirds of the members present in the senate at the time its … [Read more...] about RATIFICATION OF TREATIES

Eng. law. The marriage of an infant ward, without the consent of the guardian, is called a ravishment of ward, and punishable by statute. Westminster 2, c. 35. … [Read more...] about RAVISHMENT OF WARD

A French term used in Louisiana, which is somewhat similar in its meaning to our homely term hotch-pot. It is the reunion to the mass of the succession, of the things given by the deceased ancestor to his heir, in order that the whole may be divided among the do-heirs. 2. The obligation to make the rapport has a triple foundation. 1. It is to be presumed that the deceased … [Read more...] about RAPPORT A SUCCESSION