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A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Fr. [from Lat. fugere.] In old English law. To fly or flee; to chase or drive. Kel Jiam. L. Fr, Diet, Flight. Fuer en fait; flight in fact, was when a man did apparently and corporally flee. Fuer en ley; flight in law, was when, being called in the county court, he failed to appear; for this was^ flight in interpretation of law.

Staundf.

PI, Cor. lib.

3, c. 22. CowelL