Category: F

Iu Spanish law. The final de-cree or judgment given ln a controversy at law

In English law. ,A quantity of land six ells square superficial measure

In Scotch law. To lose. To fall from a right is to lose or forfeit it 1 Kames, Eq. 228

See Folc-Land

In old English law. A hill dr down by the sea-side. Co. Litt. 5b; Domesday

ln old English law. The tackle and furniture of a cart or wain. Blount

In Saxon law. A person of age that he may be reckoned of some decennary. Du Fresne

A place at the south side of the altar at which the sovereign kneels at his coronation, wharton

Sax. The liberty or privi-iege of foldage

Sax. A fee or rent paid by a tenant to his lord for leave to fold his sheep on hls own ground. Blount

In old English law. A flock or fold of sheep. Cowell

In old English law. A fold-course; the course (going or taking about) of a fold. Spelmau

Span. In Spanish law. The slope or skirt of a hill. Fossat v. United States, 2 wall. 673, 17 L. Ed. 739

or FALDA. A sheep-fold. Cow-eih

In Spanish law. The Fal-cidian portion; the portion of an inheritance which could not be legally bequeathed away from the heir, viz., one-fourth

In old English law. To mow. Falcate prata, to mow or cut grass in mead-ows laid In for hay. A customary service1 to the lord by hls inferior tenants

In old English law. A Jack-*et or close coat Blount

Idle persons; idle livers; vagabonds. Cowell; Blount

A street peddler who disposes of worthless wares, or of any goods above thelr value, by means of any false representa-tion, trick, device, lottery, or game of chance. Mills’ Ann. SL Colo. 8 1400

As used ln bonds of pub-lic aud private officers, this term imports not only honesty, but also a punctilious discharge of all the duties of the office, requiring com-petence, diligence, and attention, without any malfeasance or nonfeasance, aside from mere mistakes. State v. Chadwick, 10 or. 468; Hoboken v. Evans, 31 N. J. Law, 343; […]

In French law. A juridical fact one of the factors or ele-ments constitutive of an obligation

A deed enrolled, as a bargain and sale of freeholds. 1 Eeb. 568

L. Fr. Anything done. A deed; act; fact

‘ Justly; rightly; equitably, wlth substantial correctness

A fraudulent, false, or collusive manner of pleading to the de-ception of a third person

In a general sense, deficiency, want, or lack; ineffectualness; inefficiency as measured by some legal standard; an un-successful attempt, white v. Pettijohn, 23 N. C. 55; State v. Butler, 81 Minn. 103, 83 N. W. 483; Andrews v. Keep, 38 Ala. 317

In French law. Bankrupt-cy; failure; the situation of a debtor who finds himself unable to fulfill his engage-ments. Code de Com. arts. 442, 580; Civil Code La. art. 3522

In Saxon law. Malice; open and deadly hostility; deadly feud. The word designated the enmity between the family of a murdered man and that of his murderer, which was recognized, among the Teutonic peoples, as justification for vengeance taken by any one of the former upon any one of the latter

A badge worn ln popish times hy persons who had recanted and abjured what was then adjudged to be heresy, as an emblem of what they had merited. Cowell

In old English law. The portlon brought by a wife to her hus-band, and which reverted to a widow, in case the heir of her deceased husband refused his consent to her second marriage; i. e., it re-verted to her family in case she returned to them, wharton

In old English law. A marriage gift coming from the father or brother of the bride

The col-lege or society of advocates in Scotland

The corps of professors, instructors, tutors, and lec-turers. To be distinguished from the board of trustees, who constitute the corporation

In English ecclesiastical law. A jurisdiction or tribunal belonging to the archblshop. It does not hold pleas ln any suits, but creates rights to pews, monuments, and particular places, and modes of burial. It has also various powers under 25 Hen. VIII. c. 21, ln granting licenses of different descriptions, ns a license to marry, […]

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In tbe law of divoree

Lat In old English law

In fact; by an act; hy the act or fact Ipso facto, by the act itself; hy the mere effect of a fact, without anything su-peradded, or any proceeding upon it to give it effect. 3 Kent, Comm. 55, 58

(Lat I do that you may do.) A specles of contract ln the civil law (being one of the innominate con-tracts) whlch. occurs when I agree wlth a man to do hls work for him lf he wlll do mlne for me; or lf two persons agree to marry together, or to do any other […]

A thlng done; an actlon per-formed or an Incident transplring; an event or drcumstance; an actual occurrence

In old English law. Deeds. Facta armorum, deeds or feats of arms; that is, jousts or tournaments. Cowell

(Lat. I do that you may give.) A species of contract in the civil law (belng one of the innominate contracts) whlch occurs when a man agrees to perform anythlng for a prlce elther specifically mentioned or left to the determination of the law to set a value on It; as when a servant hires […]

This name was formerly glven to certain notes of some of the banks ln the state of Connecticut, which were made payable ln two years after the close of the war of 1812. Sprlngfleld Bank v. Merrick, 14 Mass. 322

In Scotch law. Pllancy of dlsposition. Bell

In Scotch law. Easlly persuaded; easlly lmposed upon. Bell

In doing or paylng; ln some activlty

Lab To do; to make. Thus, facere defaltam, to make default; facere duellum, to make the duel, or make or do battle; facere flnem, to make or pay a fine; facere legem, to make one’s law; facere so-cramentum, to make oath

To fabricate evidence Is to arrange or manufacture drcumstances or indicia, after the fact commuted, wlth the purpose of using them as evldence, and of dcceitfully maklng them appear as lf accl-dental or undeslgned; to devlse falsely or contrlve by artlfice wlth the intention to de-celve. Such evldence may be wholly forged and artificial, or […]

In old European law. A con-tract or formal agreement; bnt particularly used in the Lombardic and Vlsigothlc laws to ienote a marriage contract or a will

An exact copy, preserv-tng all the marks of the original