Substraction

2 definitions found

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

  Substraction \Sub*strac"tion\, n. [OF. substraction, F.
     soustraction. See {Subtract}.]
     1. Subtraction; deduction. [Obs.]
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     2. (Law) See {Subtraction}, 3.


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From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  SUBSTRACTION, French law. The act of taking something fraudulently; it is 
  generally applied to the taking of the goods of the estate of a deceased 
  person fraudulently. Vide Expilation.