Flagrante
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Kinney (1893), Burrill (1850)
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
L In the heat, excitement or actual commission of an act. Flagrante bello: during actual war. Flagrante delicto, malefleio, crimiue: in the heat of the offense, in the very act
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Lat. [from /ef^rran*, burning.] In the heat, excitement, or actual commission of an act. Flagrante de- 63 licto-'-'maleficio-'^crimine; in the heat of the offence, in the very act. Bract, fol. 233, 233 b. 4 Bl. Com. 307. T. Raym. 219. Flagrante disseistna. Bract, fol. 162 b. Flagrante facto. Id. foL 231 b. Flagrante bello; during actual war. 1 Ke7it's Com. 76.