Fly Bitten - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: fly bittenFly bitten
Marked by or as if by the bite of flies...
flea bitten
Bitten by a flea as a flea bitten face...
hard bitten
not given to sentimentality or gentleness of people as a hard bitten character...
Fly for it
Fly for it. On a criminal trial in former times it was usual after the verdict, even if not guilty, to inquire also: 'Did he fly for it ?' Forfeiture of goods followed a conviction upon such inquiry. This practice, after having been long discontinued, was generally abolished by the (English) Criminal Law Act, 1827 (7 & 8 Geo. 4, c. 28), s. 5. There is a saying, Fatetur facinus qui judicium fugit (3 Inst. 14)-'He who flies from justice confesses his guilt.'...
flying squad
flying squad : a usually small standby group of people ready to move or act quickly ;esp : a police unit formed to respond quickly in an emergency called also flying squadron ...
Bull fly
Any large fly troublesome to cattle as the gadflies and breeze flies...
black fly
In the United States a small venomous two winged fly of the genus Simulium of several species exceedingly abundant and troublesome in the northern forests called also buffalo gnat The larvaelig are aquatic It sucks the blood of birds as well as humans and other mammals...
caddis fly
same as caddice fly...
Canker fly
A fly that preys on fruit...
Columbatz fly
See Buffalo fly under Buffalo...
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