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fugitation|fjuːdʒɪˈteɪʃən|
[n. of action from prec.: see -ation.]
1. Sc. Law. A judicial sentence, declaring a person to be a fugitive from justice, and inflicting the penalty of outlawry and confiscation of goods.
1752J. Louthian Form of Process (ed. 2) 144 The Sentence of Fugitation is pronounced by the Clerk to the Macer..thus: ‘The Lords Justice-Clerk and Commissioners of Justiciary, Decern and adjudge—, —and― to be Out-laws and Fugitives..and ordain..all their moveable Goods..to be escheat. 1820Edin. Rev. XXXIV. 192 Pronounce sentence of outlawry and fugitation. 1880Masson Milton VI. i. i. 134 On the 10th of October there was a decree of fugitation or outlawry against Sir Archibald Johnstone [etc.].
b. transf. Exclusion from society.
1837Blackw. Mag. XLII. 516 Their ladyships know well that..instant fugitation [would] be the inevitable reward of too much candour.
2. The action of fleeing.
1823Blackw. Mag. XIV. 14 The bustle of fugitation and war. 1881Masson De Quincey 110 With all allowance for his wanderings and fugitations. |