Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Federal Kidnapping Act
A federal law punishing kidnapping for ransom or reward when the victim is transported interstate or internationally. ( The law presumes that a victim has been transported in violation of the law if the victim is not released within 24 hours. 18 USCA § 1201. - Also termed Lindbergh Act "The Federal Kidnapping Act was passed in 1932 to close a dangerous loophole between state and federal law. At that time, marauding bands of kidnappers were preying upon the wealthy with ruthless abandon, seizing their victims for ransom while operating outside the reach of existing state laws. Knowing that authorities in the victim's home state were powerless once a hostage was transported across state lines, the criminals would kidnap their target in one state, then move quickly to the next. In response, Congress made kidnapping a federal crime when the victim was moved from one state to another, and comprehensive language was used to cover every possible variety of kidnapping followed by interstate transportation." 1 Am. Jur. 2d Abduction and Kidnapping § 14, at 185 (1994).
Kidnap
ub. To seize and take away (a person) by force or fraud, often with a demand for ransom.
Kidnapping
The crime of seizing and taking away a person by force or fraud, often with a demand for ransom. - Also termed (archaically) manstealing. "At early common law, kidnapping required a forcible asportation of the victim to another country. Under modern statutes, the asportation need not be this extensive." Arnold H. Loewy, Criminal Law in a Nutshell 64 (2d ed. 1987).
Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act
A federal law, enacted in 1980, providing a penalty for child-kidnapping by a no custodial parent and requiring a state to recognize and enforce a child-custody order rendered by a court of another state. 28 USCA § 1738A; 42 USCA §§ 654, 655, 663. - Abbr. PKPA. Cf. UNIFORM CHILD CUSTODY JURISDICTION ACT.
aggravated kidnapping
Kidnapping accompanied by some aggravating factor (such as a demand for ransom or injury of the victim).
aggravated kidnapping.
see kidnapping,
child-kidnapping
The kidnapping of a child, often without the element of force or fraud (as when someone walks off with another's baby stroller). - Also termed child-stealing; baby-snatching.
parental kidnapping
The kidnapping of a child by one parent in violation of the other parent's custody or visitation rights.
simple kidnapping
Kidnapping not accompanied by an aggravating factor.