crim. law. One who, having committed a crime within a jurisdiction, goes into another in order to evade the law, and avoid its punishment. 2. By the Constitution of the United States, art. 4, s. 2, it is provided, that a person charged in any state with treason, felony or other crime, who shall flee from justice, and be found in another state, shall, on demand of the executive … [Read more...]

One who has escaped from the service of his master. 2. The Constitution of the United States, art. 4, s. 2, 3, directs that no person held to service or labor in one state, under the laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in consequence of any laws or regulation therein, be discharged from such service or labor, but shall be delivered up, on claim of the party to whom such … [Read more...]

A person who is required to appear and testify in court but has fled to avoid testifying and is a fugitive from justice. … [Read more...]

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In the civil law. A fugitive; a runaway slave. Dig. 11, 4; Cod. 6, 1. See the various definitions of this word in Dig. 21, 1, 17. … [Read more...]