Fugitive
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
[from Lat. fugitivus.] One who, after committing an offence, flees from justice, that is, takes to flight in order to escape punishment.
Constit.
U. States, Art. IV. Sect. II. 1 Kent's Com. 36-38, and notes.
2 Id. 32, note.
See U. S. Digest & Supplement, Fugitives from justice. A slave who has escaped from his master. 2 Kent's Com. 32, and notes.
1 Id. 404, note.
See Fugitivus.
See Fugitivus.