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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 jurisdiction or by hiding, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 680....

fugitive

fugitive : a person who flees ;esp : a person who flees one jurisdiction (as a state) for another in order to elude law enforcement personnel ...

Fresh suit, or Pursuit

Fresh suit, or Pursuit, such a present and earnest following a robber as never ceases from the time of the robbery until apprehension. The party thus pursuing had his goods restored to him, which otherwise were forfeited to the Crown, Staundf. Pl. Cor., lib. 3, cc. 10, 12.The right of a police officer to make a warrantors search of a fleeing suspect or to cross jurisdictional lines to arrest a fleeing suspect, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 677....

bail

bail [Anglo-French, act of handing over, delivery of a prisoner into someone's custody in exchange for security, from bailler to hand over, entrust, from Old French, from Latin bajulare to carry (a burden)] 1 : the temporary release of a prisoner in exchange for security given for the prisoner's appearance at a later hearing [while free on ] 2 : the security given for a prisoner's release ;also : the amount or terms of the security [excessive shall not be required "U.S. Constitution amend. VIII"] [posted cash ] [motion to reduce ] 3 : one who provides bail and is liable for the released prisoner's appearance [ may arrest or authorize arrest of principal "Code of Alabama"] jump bail : to flee the jurisdiction while released on bail make bail : to be released on bail vt 1 : to release on bail 2 : to obtain the release of by giving bail often used with out 3 : to place (personal property) under a bailment [identity of the article claimed to have been ed "Peet v. Roth Hotel...

break

break broke [brōk] bro·ken [brō-kən] break·ing [brā-ki] vt 1 a : violate transgress [ the law] b : to invalidate (a will) by a court proceeding 2 a : to open (another's real property) by force or without privilege (as consent) for entry often used in the phrase break and enter [one who s and enters a dwelling-house of another "W. R. LaFave and A. W. Scott, Jr."] b : to escape by force from [s prison or escapes or flees from justice "Colorado Revised Statutes"] 3 : to cause (a strike) to fail and discontinue by means (as force) other than bargaining vi : to escape with forceful effort often used with out [prisoners wounded while attempting to out] break in·to : to enter by force or without privilege [an officer may break into a building "Arizona Revised Statutes"] ...

extradition

extradition [French, from Latin ex- out + traditio act of handing over, from tradere to hand over] : the surrender of an accused usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one sovereign (as a state or nation) to another that has jurisdiction to try the accused and that has demanded his or her return see also asylum state compare detainer, rendition NOTE: Article IV of the U.S. Constitution states: “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 authority of the State from which he fled, be delivered up, to be removed to the State having jurisdiction of the crime.” ...

fresh pursuit

fresh pursuit 1 : the immediate and continuous pursuit by police officers of a suspect who is fleeing to avoid arrest that under common law and some state codes gives the officers the right to cross jurisdictional lines in order to make an arrest 2 : hot pursuit ...

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