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Examples
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Fidejussors might be taken in cases ex delicto et quasi ex delicto*
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One night on the mild Indian Ocean, a young OSS officer, Bob North, and a secretary were caught in flagrante delicto on the top deck by the master at arms.
A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011
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It's as if we get more points in our virtual worlds, if we catch our friends in flagrante delicto.
Sandip Roy: Tyler Clementi and the Eye of the Webcam Sandip Roy 2010
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It's as if we get more points in our virtual worlds, if we catch our friends in flagrante delicto.
Sandip Roy: Tyler Clementi and the Eye of the Webcam Sandip Roy 2010
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Traditional romance can get watered down once there are kids in the picture; who doesn't imagine the horror of a child walking in while mom and dad are in flagrante delicto?
Maggie Lamond Simone: Let's Talk About Sex, Baby Maggie Lamond Simone 2011
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One night on the mild Indian Ocean, a young OSS officer, Bob North, and a secretary were caught in flagrante delicto on the top deck by the master at arms.
A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011
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Why should the Isreali soldiers who were brutally attacked by a bunch of mercenary thugs be satisfied with anything other than the trial and imprisonment of those who were not already killed in flagrante delicto?
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He undertakes "one last job" with the dream of reuniting with his long-abandoned first love, but when he finds her in flagrante delicto, what little romanticism left within him is destroyed.
A Killer Vision of a Corrupt Society Sarah Weinman 2011
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Only they're the ones who get the surprise as they walk in on Phil and Claire in flagrante delicto.
Top Moments: Idol Flirts with Disaster, Jersey Shore Pops a Squat 2011
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The Good Wife — despite now airing on Sundays in an earlier timeslot on the not-so-edgy CBS — gets viewers all hot and bothered with a scene between a bare-shouldered Alicia and a fully clothed Will in not-so-flagrante delicto.
Top Moments: Flash-Dancing with Nancy Grace and The Good Wife's Sexy Tease 2011
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