Legal Definition and Related Resources of Flagrante delicto
Meaning of Flagrante delicto
(Lat.) In the very act of committing the crime. 4 Bl. Comm. 307.
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Flagrante delicto in the Dictionary of Law consisting of Judicial Definitions and Explanations of Words, Phrases and Maxims
The offense still burning; in the heat of the offense: in the very act of perpetrating a crime or the crime. 4 Bl. Com. 307; 5 Cent. Law J. 880. Compare Crimen.
Note: This legal definition of Flagrante delicto in the Dictionary of Law (English and American Jurisprudence) is from 1893.
Flagrante delicto, in in Law Enforcement
Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of flagrante delicto, in.
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Definition of Flagrante Delicto
In the context of international law, the legal resource A Dictionary of Law, provides a definition of Flagrante Delicto : (Latin)
In the commission of an offence. Certain types of *arrest can only be made when a person is in the act of committing an offence (See arrestable offence). The phrase is most commonly applied to the situation in which a person finds his or her spouse in the act of committing adultery. Someone who kills his or her spouse in this situation may have a defence of *provocation.
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