Definition of "obreption" [ob•rep•tion]

• The act of creeping upon with secrecy or by surprise. (noun)
• Act of obtaining gifts of escheat by fraud or surprise. (noun)

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• "In its effects subreption is equivalent to obreption (q.v.), which consists in a positive allegation of what is false."
• "Moreover, these dispensations are supposed to be given motu proprio and with certain knowledge, from which it follows that they are not vitiated by obreption or by subreption."
• "When a supplica is affected (in a material point) by obreption or subreption it becomes necessary to ask for a so-called"