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In old English law. A privilege to hunt. Blount. A driver. Fugatores carrucarum, drivers of wagons. Fleta, lib. 2, c, 78. … [Read more...] about FUGATOR

In Scotch practice. To outlaw, by the sentence of a court; to outlaw for non-appearance in a criminal case. 2 Alls. Crim. Pr. 350. Fugitation. When a criminal does not obey the citation to answer, the court pronounces sentence of fugitation against him, which induces a forfeiture of goods and chattels to the crown. … [Read more...] about FUGITATE

One who flees; always used in law with the implication of a flight, evasion, or escape from some duty or penalty or from the consequences of a misdeed. Fugitive from justice. A person who, having committed a crime, flies from the state or country where it transpired, in order to evade arrest and escape justice. Fugitive offenders. In English law. Where a person accused of any … [Read more...] about FUGITIVE

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...] about FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE

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...] about FUGITIVE SLAVE