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event horizon

hole from outside of which nothing inside can be observed because nothing inside that surface even light can escape beyond it See also black hole and escape velocity

Elude

To avoid slyly by artifice stratagem or dexterity to escape from in a covert manner to mock by an unexpected escape to baffle as to elude an officer

Factory

generally by the Factory and Workshop Act, 1891, which increased the powers of factory inspectors, directed means of escape from fire to be provided, prohibited the employment of children under eleven, and of women within four weeks

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Justifiable homicide

and he in his defence kills any of them; it is justifiable for the sake of preventing an escape. (d) Where an officer or his assistant, in the due execution of his office, arrests, or attempts to

Industriam, per

by art, industry, and education; or by so confining them within his own immediate power that they cannot escape and use their natural liberty, 2 Steph. Com

Harbouring

thieves or reputed thieves under ss. 10 and 11 of the (English) Prevention of Crimes Act, 1871. See ESCAPE.

Fugitive

Fugitive, 1. A person who flees or escape; a refuge 2. A criminal suspects who flees evades, or escapes arrest prosecution, or imprisonment, esp. by fleeing

Fer' natur', animals

his reclaiming and making them tame by art and industry, or by so confining them that they cannot escape, e.g., deer in a park, hares or rabbits in an enclosed warren, etc. The property in them only

Conspiracy

combining to injure the plaintiff, although if one of them did the same act by himself he would escape all liability (ibid. p. 629); but see, as to the limits of this rule, Mogul Steamship Co. v.

Escaped income

Escaped income, it would be difficult to confine the meaning of the word 'escape' only to cases where no

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