By the act entitled, An act to establish the flag of the United States, passed April 4, 1818, 3 Story's L. U. S., 1667, it is enacted2. Section 1. That from and after the fourth day of July next, the flag of the United States be thirteen horizontal stripes, alternate red and white: that the union be twenty stars, white in a blue field. 3. Section 2. That, on the admission of … [Read more...] about FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES
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FLEE FROM JUSTICE
To leave one's home, residence, or known place of abode, or to conceal one's self therein, with intent, in either case, to avoid detection or punishment for some public offense. Streep v. U. S., 160 U. S. 128, 16 Sup. Ct 244, 40 L. Ed. 365; Lay v. State, 42 Ark. 110; U. S. v. O'Brian, 8 Dill. 881, Fed. Cas. No. 15,008; United States v. Smith, 4 Day (Conn.) 125, Fed. Cas. No. … [Read more...] about FLEE FROM JUSTICE
FLAGELLAT
Whipped; scourged. An entry on old Scotch records. 1 Pitc. Crim. Tr. pt. 1, p. 7. … [Read more...] about FLAGELLAT
FLEE TO THE WALL
A metaphorical expression, used in connection with homicide done in self-defense, signifying the exhaustion of every possible means of escape, or of averting the assault, before killing the assailant … [Read more...] about FLEE TO THE WALL
FLAGRANS
Lat. Burning; raging; in actual perpetration. Flagrans helium. A war actually going on. Flagrans crimen. In Roman law. A fresh or recent crime. This term designated a crime in the very act of its commission, or while it was of recent occurrence. Flagrante hello. During an actual state of war. Flagrante delloto. In the very act of committing the crime. 4 Bl. Comm. 307. … [Read more...] about FLAGRANS
