Flagrans Crimen
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In Roman law. A term denoting that a crime is being or has just been committed. For example, when a crime has just been committed, and the corpus delictum is publicly exposed, or if a mob take place, or if a house be feloniously burned, these are severally flagrans crimen- The term used in France is flagrant delit. The Code of Criminal Instruction gives the ment ou qui vient de se commettre, est un flagrant delit."
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
In Roman Law. A term denoting that a crime is being or has just been committed: for example, when a crime has just been committed and the corpus delictum is publicly exposed, or if a mob take place, or if a house be feloniously burned, those are severally flagrans crimen. The term used in France is flagrant delit. The Code of Criminal Instruction gives the following concise definition of it, art. 41: "Le delit qui se commet actuellement ou qui vient de se commettre, est un flagrant delit." FLAGRANTE DELICTO (Lat.). In the very act of committing the crime. 4 Bla. Com. 307.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In Roman law. A fresh or recent crime. This term designated a crime in the very act of its commission, or while it was of recent occurrence
Defined under Flagrans in Black's Law Dictionary.