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FUGAM FECIT Definition & Legal Meaning

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Lat. He has made flight; he fled. A clause inserted In an inquisition,in old English law, meaning that a person indicted for treason or felony had fled. Theeffect of this is to make the party forfeit his goods absolutely, and the profits of hislands until he has been pardoned or acquitted.

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