Legal Definition and Related Resources of Flight
Meaning of Flight
When used in connection with the prosecution of a crime means the defendant absented himself from the community of the crime out of sense of guilt or out of fear of, or to avoid arrest . Rowser v state (Ala- . Cr.App.) 346 So.2d533.
Flight Alternative Definition
In criminal law. The evading the course of justice by a man’s voluntarily withdrawing himself. 4 Bl. Comm. 387. See “Fugitive from Justice.”
Synonyms of Flight
noun
- absconding
- avoidance
- decampment
- departing
- departure
- desertion
- disappearance
- ejfugium
- elusion
- escaping
- evacuation
- evasion
- exodus
- fleeing
- fuga
- hasty departure
- hegira
- leaving
- removal
- retreat
- running away
- Associated Concepts: flight fromjustice
- fugitive from justice
- unlawful flight to avoid prosecution
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Aeronaut, Air Rights, Aircraft, Excessive Bail, Fugitive, Henfare.
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