IN MEDITATIONE FUGAE

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 […]