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The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

In Roman law.

Lawful.

Dies fasti, lawful days; days on which justice could lawfully be administered by the praetor. See "Dies Fasti." FATETUR FACINUS QUI JUDICIUM fugit. He who flees judgment confesses his guilt.

3 Inst. 14; 5 Coke, 109b. But see Best, Pres. § 248.