Extradition. The transfer of an accused from one state or country to another state or country that seeks to place the accused on trial. Extradition comes into play when a person charged with a crime under state statutes flees the state.
verb (used with object), mortified, mortifying. 1. to humiliate or shame, as by injury to one's pride or self-respect. 2. to subjugate (the body, passions, etc.) by abstinence, ascetic discipline, or self-inflicted suffering. 3. Pathology. to affect with gangrene or necrosis.
Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: 1  dangerous, grave, grievous, serious, severe, life-threatening(adj) causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm. 2  grievous, heartbreaking, heartrending(adj) causing or marked by grief or anguish. a grievous loss; a grievous cry; her sigh was heartbreaking; the heartrending words of Rabin's granddaughter. grave, grievous, heavy, weighty(adj) of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought.