A person who is required to appear and testify in court but has fled to avoid testifying and is a fugitive from justice.
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- FLEDWITE A discharge or freedom from amercements where one, having been an outlawed fugitive, cometh to…
- RESPECTABLE WITNESS One who is competent to testify in a court of justice. To pass lands in…
- MATERIAL WITNESS A witness that has relevant and significant information to share about an issue being adjudicated…
- FLYMA In old English law. A runaway; fugitive; one escaped from Justice, or who has no…
- HOSTILE WITNESS A witness called by a party for direct examination but who appears so hostile or…
- INABILITY TO TESTIFY Not having the capacity to testify as a witness in court.