Rape Reeve
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
In English law
The chief officer of a rape (q. v.).1 Bl. Comm. 116. In the Civil Law. The violent taking from the person of another of money or goods for the sake of gain; robbery from the person. Halifax, Anal. bk.
2, c. 23, Nos. 1, 2; Heinec.
Elem. Jur. Civ. lib.
4, tit. 2, § 1071. —
In Old English Law
Open and violent larceny from the person; robbery.
St. 14 Car. II. c. 22; Cowell; 4 Bl. Comm. 242.