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Tridentine law. the contrary opinion (De Justis and other earlier authors) is at variance with the language of the Council, which always speaks of the raptor, but nowhere of the raptrix.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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She may be an agent or accomplice of the abductor and, as such, incur the penalties decreed by the Council; but it does not admit her as raptrix.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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