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Fugitation

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Fugitation. In Scotland, 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.

A sentence or declaration of fugitive status that was pronounced against an accused person for failing to answer a citation and appear, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 680.

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