Fugitive definition:
One who runs away to avoid arrest, prosecution or imprisonment.
One who is unlawfully at large; who hides or extracts himself from the reach of law enforcement officers to avoid arrest, prosecution or imprisonment.
Fugitive From Justice
(n) Fugitive from Justice is the person convicted or accused of a crime, who was fleeing away or hiding from the enforcement of legal action against him.
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FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE - [federal] Any person who has fled from any State to avoid prosecution for a crime or to avoid giving testimony in any criminal proceeding. 18 U.S.C.
Fugitive
One who runs away to avoid arrest, prosecution or imprisonment.
fugitive from justice
n. a person convicted or accused of a crime who hides from law enforcement.
Fugitive
A person who flees from one state to another to avoid prosecution.
Fugitive - One who flees; used in criminal law the implication of a flight, evasion, or escape from arrest, prosecution, or imprisonment..
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fugitive: A person suspected of doing something wrong that runs away or tries to escape the law.
full faith and credit: This means a state must honor an order or judgment of another state's court and tribal courts.
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fugitive from justice A person who, having committed a crime, flees from the jurisdiction of the court, or departs from his usual place of abode and conceals himself.
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fugitive emissions : Air pollutants released to the air other than those from stacks or vents; typically small releases from leaks in plant equipment such as valves, pump seals, flanges, sampling connections, etc.
FUGITIVE. A runaway, one who is at liberty, and endeavors, by, going away, to escape.
FUGITIVE SLAVE. One who has escaped from the service of his master.
Fugitive programs
15 Most Wanted
The Marshals Service publicizes the names of wanted persons it places on the list of U.S.
Fugitive warrant
Definition
: an arrest warrant issued in one jurisdiction for someone who is a fugitive from another jurisdiction
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To extradite a fugitive or suspect who has fled to another state or country. The term means to "surrender" or "turn over" from one jurisdiction to another and can apply to people or property.
The fugitive had to remain within the walls of the sanctuary, abandon his or her oath to the king, followed which they had a short period of time to leave the country.
(s´lm), extension of hospitality and protection to a fugitive and the place where such protection is offered. The use of temples and churches for this purpose in ancient and medieval times was known as sanctuary.
Warren Jeffs, the fugitive leader of a polygamist Mormon sect and one of the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, has been arrested in southern Nevada. (AP) ...
'RIGHT OF ASYLUM (Fr. droit d'asile; Ger. Asylrecht), in international law, the right which a state possesses, by virtue of the principle that every independent state is sole master within its boundaries, of allowing fugitives from another ...
Extradition
The arrest and delivery of a fugitive wanted for a crime committed in another country, usually under the terms of a extradition treaty.
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