PRISON
Categories: Criminal Law
Definition (1910 Edition)
oned debter, who is out on bonds, may go at will. See GaoL.—Prison-break &. The common-law offense of one who, being lawfully in custody, escapes from the place where he is confined, by the employment of force and violence. is off is to be distinguished from “rescue,” (q. v.,) which is a deliverance of a prisoner from lawful custody by a third ‘person. 2 Bish. Crim. Lew, § 1065.
Source: Black's Law Dictionary, 2nd Edition (1910) — Public Domain.
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