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Abscond

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-000273

To secretly leave a jurisdiction or conceal oneself to evade legal processes such as arrest, prosecution, or sentencing. A defendant who absconds while on bail forfeits the bond and is subject to a warrant for their arrest. This action constitutes a separate criminal offense in many jurisdictions, such as failure to appear, which carries its own penalties.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-000273
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-000273",
  "term": "Abscond",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "To secretly leave a jurisdiction or conceal oneself to evade legal processes such as arrest, prosecution, or sentencing. A defendant who absconds while on bail forfeits the bond and is subject to a warrant for their arrest. This action constitutes a separate criminal offense in many jurisdictions, such as failure to appear, which carries its own penalties.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/abscond/"
}

Record 33 of 5,441 in Law terminology (MLC-0107). Request the full dataset.