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Fugacia

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

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

In old English law

A chase. Spelman; Blount. FUGAM FECIT (Lat. he fled).

In old English law

A phrase in an inquisition, signifying that a person fled for treason or felony. The effect of this is to make the party forfeit his goods absolutely, and the profits of his lands, until he has been pardoned or acquitted.