Fugitivus
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In the civil law. A fugitive; a runaway slave. Dig. 11. 4; Code, 6. 1. See the various definitions of this word in Dig. 21. 1. 17.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Inthecivil law. A fugitive; a runaway slave. Dig. 11,4; Cod. 6, 1. See the various definitions of this word in Dig. 21, 1, 17.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Lat. [L. Fr. fuitif; Sax. flyman.] In old English law. A fugitive. Fugitivi; (Sax. flyman,) fugitives. One who fled after committing a felony. See Bona fugitivorum. A villein or bondman who left his lord without the intention of returning. Cum consuetudinem revertendi habere desierint, incipiunt esse fugitivi, ad similitudinem cervorum domesticorum; when they have discontinued the habit of returning, they begin to be fugitives, like tamed deer. Bract. fol. 6 b.