Fasti
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.