Legal Definition and Related Resources of Fugam fecit
Meaning of Fugam fecit
(Lat. he fled). In old English law. A phrase in an inquisition, signifying that a person fled for treason or felony. The effect of this is to make the party forfeit his goods absolutely, and the profits of his lands, until he has been pardoned or acquitted.
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Concept of “Fugam Fecit”
Traditional meaning of fugam fecit in English (with some legal use of this latin concept in England and the United States in the XIX Century) [1]: (in Latin) He has made flight; whereby the goods of a person indicted for felony were forfeited.
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- Based on A Concise Law Dictionary of Words, Phrases and Maxims, “Fugam Fecit”, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1911, United States. It is also called the Stimson’s Law dictionary. This term and/or definition may be absolete.
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