Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

escape clause

A contractual provision that allows a party to avoid performance under specified conditions; specif., an insurance-policy provision - usu. contained in the "other insurance" section of the policy - requiring the insurer to provide coverage only if there is no other coverage ,available. Cf. EXCESS CLAUSE; PRO RATA CLAUSE. escapee. A prisoner or other inmate who has escaped from lawful custody. "The word escapee' is employed at times by those who are not careful in the use of language. They probably think this word is comparable to arrestee' or employee.' But the arrestee did not do the arresting and the employee did not do the employing. The employee does the work but that makes him a worker, not a workee." Rollin M. Perkins & Ronald N. Boyce, Criminal Law 560 (3d ed. 1982).