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Flagrante Delicto

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

flagrante delicto


[Medieval Latin, literally, while the crime is blazing]
: in the very act of committing a misdeed [was caught flagrante delicto]
;also
: in the midst of sexual activity




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