Expilation
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In civil law. The crime of abstracting the goods of a succession. This is said not to be a theft, because the property no longer belongs to the deceased, noi- to the heir before he has taken possession. In the common law, the grant of letters testamentary, or letters of administration, relates back to the time of the death of the testator or intestate, so that the property of the estate is vested in the executor or administrator from that period. EXPILATOR (Lat.)
In the civil law. A robber; a spoiler or plunderer. Exp Uatores sunt atrociores fures. Dig. 47. 18. 1. 1.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
In Civil Law. The crime of abstracting the goods of a succession. This is said not to be a theft, because the property no longer belongs to the deceased, nor to the heir before he has taken possession. In the common law, the grant of letters testamentary, or letters of administration, relates back to the time of the death of the testator or intestate: so that the property of the estate Is vested in the executor or administrator from that period.