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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Fu·gi·tive n.
 1. One who flees from pursuit, danger, restraint, service, duty, etc.; a deserter; as, a fugitive from justice.
 2. Something hard to be caught or detained.
    Or Catch that airy fugitive called wit.   --Harte.
 Fugitive from justice Law, one who, having committed a crime in one jurisdiction, flees or escapes into another to avoid punishment.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 fugitive from justice
      n : someone who is sought by law officers; someone trying to
          elude justice [syn: fugitive]