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
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FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE
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
FRIVOLOUS CLAIM
A lawsuit or claim which has no merit or probability of success and is designed to harass another party. … [Read more...] about FRIVOLOUS CLAIM
FRUGES
In the civil law. Anything produced from vines, underwood, chalk-pits, stone-quarries. Dig. 50, 16, 77. Grains and leguminous vegetables. In a more restricted sense, any esculent growing in pods. Vicat Voc. Jur.; Calvin. … [Read more...] about FRUGES
FRYMITH
In old English law. The affording harbor and entertainment to to any one. … [Read more...] about FRYMITH