Ab-dūc'tion, n.

n. [Lat. abductio, Fr. abduction.]

1. The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart, or carrying away. Roget.
2. (Surg.) (a.) The movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis of the body. (b.) A transverse fracture, in which the broken parts recede from each other. Dunglison.
3. (Log.) A kind of argumentation, in which the major is evident, but the minor is not so clear as not to require further proof; as in this syllogism: “All whom God absolves are free from sin: God absolves all who are in Christ; therefore, all who are in Christ are free from sin.” It is so called because it withdraws us from the conclusion to the proof that is concealed or not expressed.
4. (Law.) The taking and carrying away of a child, a ward, a wife, &c., either by fraud, persuasion, or open violence. Blackstone.