In criminal law. Plunder; pillage; robbery. In the civll law, raplna is defined as the forcible and violent taklng of another man's movable property wlth the criminal intent to appropriate it to the robber's own use. A prsetorian action lay for this offense, in which quadruple damages were recoverable. Gaius, lih. 3, 8 209; Inst. 4, 2; Mackeld. Rom. Law, $ 481; Heinecc. Elem. $ 1071
Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
