Rogue
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
A French word, which in that language signifies proud, arrogant. In some of the ancient English statutes it means an idle sturdy beggar, which is its meaning in law. Rogues are usually punished as vagrants. Although the word rogue is a word of reproach, yet to charge one as a rogue is not actionable; M’Clurg v. Ross, 5 Binn. (Pa.) 219.
See Idol v. Jones, 13 X. C. 162; Caldwell v. Abbey, Hard. (Ky.) 529.