fugitive

  • 81fugitive prisoner — escaped convict, runaway prisoner …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 82fugitive colors —    Short lived pigments and dye capable of fading or changing, especially with exposure to light, to atmospheric pollution, or when mixed with certain substances; in each case the result of a chemical change. Examples are the colors in magazine… …

    Glossary of Art Terms

  • 83Fugitive emissions —   Unintended leaks of gas from the processing, transmission, and/or transportation of fossil fuels.   U.S. Dept. of Energy, Energy Information Administration s Energy Glossary …

    Energy terms

  • 84fugitive emissions — /fjudʒətɪv əˈmɪʃənz/ (say fyoohjuhtiv uh mishuhnz) plural noun unintended emissions of pollutant gases or vapours which escape from equipment through leaks, as methane gas from coal seam gas mines …

  • 85Fugitive Felon Act — A federal statute which makes it a felony to flee across the state line for the purpose of avoiding prosecution or confinement for a state felony or attempted felony, or to avoid giving testimony in a state felony case. 18 U.S.C.A. No. 1073. See… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 86fugitive from justice — A person who, having committed a crime, flees from jurisdiction of court where crime was committed or departs from his usual place of abode and conceals himself within the district. A person who, having committed or been charged with crime in one …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 87fugitive's goods — Under the old English law, where a man fled for felony, and escaped, his own goods were not forfeited as bona fugitivorum until it was found by proceedings of record (e.g. before the coroner in the case of death) that he fled for the felony …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 88fugitive slave law — Acts of Congress passed in 1793 and 1850 (prior to abolition of slavery) providing for the surrender and deportation of slaves who escaped from their masters and fled into the territory of another state, generally a free state …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 89Fugitive Felon Act — A federal statute which makes it a felony to flee across the state line for the purpose of avoiding prosecution or confinement for a state felony or attempted felony, or to avoid giving testimony in a state felony case. 18 U.S.C.A. No. 1073. See… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 90fugitive from justice — A person who, having committed a crime, flees from jurisdiction of court where crime was committed or departs from his usual place of abode and conceals himself within the district. A person who, having committed or been charged with crime in one …

    Black's law dictionary