Legal Definitions - apprehensio

Definition: Apprehensio (ap-ri-hen-see-oh) is a Latin term that has two meanings:

1. Apprehension: the act of understanding or grasping something mentally.
2. Civil law: the act of seizing or acquiring something that belongs to no one.

Example: When a police officer arrests a suspect, they are performing an apprehensio of the suspect. The officer is seizing the suspect and taking them into custody. In civil law, if someone finds an abandoned piece of property, they can perform an apprehensio of the property by taking possession of it.

These examples illustrate the second meaning of apprehensio, which is the act of seizing or acquiring something that belongs to no one. In both cases, the person performing the apprehensio is taking possession of something that was previously unclaimed or abandoned.