See Also: subreption(dictionary)
SUBREPTION, French law(law)

subreption (iou)



subreption noun. E17.
[Latin subreptio(n-), from subrept- pa. ppl stem of subripere, formed as SUB- + rapere snatch: see -ION. Cf. SURREPTION noun1.]
The action of obtaining something by surprise or misrepresentation; an attempt to do this; spec. in Ecclesiastical & Scots Law, the obtaining of a dispensation, gift, etc., by suppression of the truth. Cf. OBREPTION. E17.
A fallacious or deceptive argument, comment, etc.; a misrepresentation. Also, an inference drawn from this. M19.