ANDROLEPSY, Androlepsia, in Antiquity. If an Athenian were killed by a Citizen of some other Place and such City refused to deliver up the Criminal to Punishment; it was held lawful to take three Inhabitants of such City, and punish the Homicide in them. This the Greeks called Androlepsia, and the Romans Clarigatio. See CLARIGATIO. Some Authors also use Androlepsia for Reprisals. See REPRISAL. The Word is formed of ἀνήρ, ἀνδρός (anēr, andros), Man, and λαμβάνω (lambanō), I take.
