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Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Bouvier (1839)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

One accused of a crime who refuses to appear and answer to the charge; an outlaw.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

An outlaw.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

One accused of a crime who refuses to appear and answer to the charge. An outlaw. of a body with a large surface, which presents no loss of substance and no apparent wound. If the skin be divided, the injury takes the name of a contused wound. See 4 C. & P. 3S1, 55S, 5G5; 6 id. 684; Thomas, Med. Diet, sub v.; 2 Beck, Med. Jur.. 18, 23.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

One acoused of' a crime who refuses to appear and answer to the charge. An outlaw.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

One accused of a crime who refuses to appear and answer to the eharge. An outlaw.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States

John Bouvier · 1839

civ. law, one accused of a crime who refuses to appear and answer to the charge. An outlaw.