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 sham plea, one that has no merit at all and which may be intended to harass, inconvenience or frustrate the opposing party. … [Read more...]

The produce of a tree or plant which contains the seed or is used for food. This term, in legal acceptation, is not confined to the produce of those trees which in popular language are called "fruit trees," but applies also to the produce of oak, elm, and walnut trees. Bullen v. Denning, 5 Barn. & C. 847. Civil fruits, in the civil law (fructus oivttes) are such things as … [Read more...]

Sax. In old English law. A plain between woods. Co. Litt. 56. An arm of the sea, or a strait between two lands. Cowell. … [Read more...]