'Fugitive from justice' definitions:
Definition of 'fugitive from justice'
(from WordNet)
noun
Someone who is sought by law officers; someone trying to elude justice [syn: fugitive, fugitive from justice]
Definition of 'Fugitive from justice'
From: GCIDE
- Fugitive \Fu"gi*tive\, n.
- 1. One who flees from pursuit, danger, restraint, service, duty, etc.; a deserter; as, a fugitive from justice. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Something hard to be caught or detained. [1913 Webster]
- Or Catch that airy fugitive called wit. --Harte. [1913 Webster]
- Fugitive from justice (Law), one who, having committed a crime in one jurisdiction, flees or escapes into another to avoid punishment. [1913 Webster]