[ad. L. ēreptiōn-em, n. of action f. ēripĕre.] The action of snatching or taking away.
1633. Bp. Hall, Hard Texts, 341. The suddaine and inexpected ereption of Isaac from that his imminent and intended death.
1721–1800. in Bailey.
1875. Poste, Gaius, II. (ed. 2), 246. The recovery of the civil inheritance by hereditatis petitio might be rendered unavailing by ablation or ereption for Indignitas.
