expilatio
expilatio (eks-p[schwa]-lay-shee-oh), n. [Latin] Roman law. The offense of unlawfully appropriating goods belonging to a succession. • This offense was not technically theft (furtum) because the property belonged to neither the decedent nor an heir, since the latter had not yet taken possession. Pl. expilationes (eks-p[schwa]-lay-shee-oh-neez).