See flee, the act of leaving the scene of a crime or running away to avoid capture. … [Read more...] about FLIGHT FROM PROSECUTION
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FLOTSAM, FLOTSAN
A name for the goods which float upon the sea when cast overboard for the safety of the ship, or when a ship is sunk. Distinguished from "jetsam" and "ligan." Bract, lib. 2, c. 5; 5 Coke, 106; 1 Bl. Comm. 292. … [Read more...] about FLOTSAM, FLOTSAN
FLIM FLAM
Fraud, a confidence game that involves two or more actors who convince another of a scheme to get rich and will then disappear with the money. … [Read more...] about FLIM FLAM
FLACO
A place covered with standing water. … [Read more...] about FLACO
FLEDWITE
A discharge or freedom from amercements where one, having been an outlawed fugitive, cometh to the place of our lord of his own accord. Termes de la Ley. The liberty to hold court and take up the amercements for beating and striking. Cowell. The fine set on a fugitive as the price of obtaining the king's freedom. Spelman. … [Read more...] about FLEDWITE