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Abscond

A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891

A Dictionary of Law

Togo inaciandestine manner out of the jurisdiction of the courts, or to lie concealed, in order fo avoid their process. To hide, conceal, or absent oneself clandestinely, with the intent to avoid legal process.

2 Sneed, 153. See, also, 8 Kan. 262; 1 Ala. 200.