Ravishment
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
In criminal law. An unlawful taking of a woman or of an heir in ward. Rape.
— Ravishment de gard. L. Fr. An abolished writ which lay for a guardian by knight's service or in socage, against a person who took from him the bsdy of his ward. Fitzh. Nat Brev. 140; 12 Car. II. c. 3,
— Ravishment of ward. In English law. The marriage of an infant ward without the consent of the guardian.