landing. 1. A place on a river or other navigable water for loading and unloading goods, or receiving and delivering passengers and watercraft. 2. The termination point on a river or other navigable water for these purposes. 3. The act or process of coming back to land after a voyage or flight.
The crime of using force or threat to seize control of an aircraft; the hijacking of an aircraft, esp. one in flight. — Also termed aircraft piracy. [Cases: Aviation 16. C.J.S. Aeronautics and Aerospace §§ 284–285, 287.]
An easement permitting unimpeded aircraft flights over the servient estate. — Also termed avigation easement; aviation easement; flight easement; navigation easement. [Cases: Aviation 3. C.J.S. Aeronautics and Aerospace §§ 7–9.]
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airspace. The space that extends upward from the surface of land, esp. so far as is necessary for the owner or possessor to have reasonable use and enjoyment of the incidents of its ownership or possession. Cf. OUTER SPACE. national airspace. Int’l law. The pillar of air above a nation’s territory — including internal waters
in meditatione fugae (in med-i-tay-shee-oh-nee f[y]oo-jee). [Law Latin] Scots law. Meditating flight; contemplating leaving the country. • Formerly, a debtor could be detained under a fugae warrant if the debtor had sufficient debt to warrant imprisonment, and if the debtor was attempting to leave the country. This type of warrant became obsolete when imprisonment for
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runner. 1. A law-office employee who delivers papers between offices and files papers in court. 2. One who solicits personal-injury cases for a lawyer. — Also termed capper. 3. A smuggler. 4. BrE. Slang. An escape; flight (from something); a voluntary disappearance.
flee from justice 畏罪潜逃；逃避审判 犯罪后逃离居所、住所或已知处所，以逃避逮捕、拘留、追诉或惩罚。(→extradition; flight from prosecution; fugitive)