Androlepsia

[Gr. dvd^Xfjtpia, from dy^^, a man, and ^ifig, a taking.] A term anciently applied to the taking by one nation of the citizens or subjects of another, for the purpose of enforcing some claim of ri^ht; as to compel the surrender or punishment of a murderer ^rho had fled from one country to another.

Molloy de Jwr, Marit. 26, 28.