asylum state
- A jurisdiction that currently has custody of a person who ran away from another jurisdiction to avoid facing the law while waiting for the legal process of extradition
- The alleged criminal fled to an asylum state where he was eventually extradited back to his home state to face charges.
- After committing the crime, she found temporary safety in an asylum state before being sent back for trial.
- Concerned about facing charges, he took refuge in an asylum state, but authorities were quick to begin the extradition process.
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