Flight
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
The evading the course of Justice by a man’s voluntarily withdrawing himself. Formerly, if the jury found that the party fled for it, whether he were found guilty or not of the principal charge, he forfeited his goods and chattels.
4 Bla. Com. 387.
Evidence of the flight of an accused person has a tendency to establish guilt; Allen V. U. S., 104 U. S. 492, 17 Sup. Ct 154, 41 L. Ed. 528. See l!’’u GmvE from Justice; Extradition.