Asportation

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Asportation \As`por*ta"tion\, n. [L. asportatio, fr. asportare
     to carry away; abs = ab + portare to bear, carry.] (Law)
     The felonious removal of goods from the place where they were
     deposited.
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     Note: It is adjudged to be larceny, though the goods are not
           carried from the house or apartment. --Blackstone.
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From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  ASPORTATION. The act of carrying a thing away; the removing a thing from one
  place to another. Vide Carrying away; Taking.