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Fngitivns

A Law Dictionary and Glossary · George C. Kinney · 1893

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

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In old English law

A fugitive; a person who fled upon commission of a felony; a villein or bondman who left his lord without the intention of returning. Fugitivi: fugitives. In the civil law. A fugitive; a runaway slave.