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 from justice
n. a person convicted or accused of a crime who hides from law enforcement.
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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Asylum State - The state holding a fugitive from justice in another state.
Attachment - Taking and holding a person's property during proceedings to ensure satisfaction of a judgment not yet rendered.
Definition - Transitive Verb
1 : to receive secretly and conceal (a fugitive from justice)
2 : to have (an animal) in one's keeping <may not ~ a dog without a permit>
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FLIGHT, crim. law. The evading the course of justice, by a man's voluntarily withdrawing himself. 4 Bl. Com. 387. Vide Fugitive from justice.
 See also: Justice, Fugitive, State, Attorney, Person
  
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