Category: F

Lat Strong. Fortis et sana, strong and sound; staunch and strong; as a vessel. Townsh. 1*1. 227

In old English law. A fortified place; a castle; a bulwark. Coweli; 11 Hen. VII. c. 18

Lat. Stronger. A term ap-plled, ln the latv of evidence, to that specles of presumption, arising from facts shown ln evidence, which is strong enough to shift the burden of proof to the opposite party. Bur-rill, Circ. Ev. 64, 66

A bond given to a sheriff who has levied on property, conditioned that the property shall be forthcom-ing, i. e., produced, when required, on the giving of such bond, the goods are allowed to remain in the possession of the debtor. Hill v. Manser, 11 Grat (Va.) 522; Nichols v. Chittenden, 14 Colo. App. 49, […]

In Scotch law. The action by which an arrestment (garnish-ment) is made effectual. It is a decree or process by which the creditor ls given the right to demand that the sum arrested be applied for payment of hls claim. 2 Kames, Eq. 288, 289; .Bell

In old Scotch law. A fortalice; a castle. Properly a house or tower which has a battlement or a ditch or moat about lt

A fortress or place of strength, which anciently did not pass without a special grant 11 Hen. VII. c. 18

In criminal law. To make oath to that which the deponent knows to be untrue

See Forestall

waterfalls. Camden, Brit

An attorney or advo-cate in a cause. Blount; whishaw

In old English law. Prolocutor; paranymphus

An exception; reservation,; excepted; reserved. Anciently, a term of frequent use in leases and conveyances. Cowell; Blount

A strip of land lying next to the highway

In Spanish law. Emphyteutic rents. Schm. Civil Law, 309

Lat A brothel; fornication

In Spanish law. An oven. Las Partidas, pt. 3, tit. 32, 1. 18

Unlawful sexual ln-tercourse between two unmarried persons. Further, if one of the persons be married and the other not, lt ls fornication on the part of the latter, though adultery for the former. In some Jurisdictions, however, by statute, It is adultery on the part of both persons if the woman is married, whether the […]

In common-law practice, a set form of words used ln Judicial proceed-lngs. In the civil law, an action. Calvin

In Roman law. when the legis actiones were proved to be inconven

Collections of formula, or forms of forensic proceedings and Instruments used among the Franks, and other early continental nations of Europe. Among these the formulary of Marculphus may be mentioned as of considerable inter-est. Butl. Co. Litt. note 77, lib. 3

ION, or FOR-MER RECOVERY. An adjudication or recovery ln a former actlon. See Res Judi-cata

Lat. Fear of danger. 1 Kent, Comm. 23

A certain weight of above 70 lbs., mentioned in 51 Hen. III. Cowell

An action for which a set form of words is prescribed, which must be strictly adhered to. 10 Mod. 140, 141

In criminal law, and particularly with reference to homicide, this term means a deliberate and fixed in-tention to kill, whether directed against a particular person or not. Mitchell v. State, -60 Ala. 33; wilson v. State, 128 Ala. 17, 29 South. 569; Ake v. State, 30 Tex. 473

In canon law. Canonical letters. Spelman

Formed writs; writs of form. See Bhevia Formata

In England, robes worn by the magistrates of a city or corpo-ratlon, etc., on solemn occasions. Enc. Lond

The conditions, ln regard to method, order, arrangement, nse ot technical expressions, performance of specific acts, etc., which are required by the law In the maklng of contracts or conveyances, or in the taking of legal proceedlngs, to in-sure their validity and regularity. Succession of Seymour, 48 La. Ann. 993, 20 South. 217

Lat Form; the prescribed form of judiclal proceedlngs

See Fobejudge

L. Fr. In old English law. to forswear; to abjure

Land ln the diocese of Hereford, which had a peculiar custom attached to it, but which has been long since disused, although the name is retained. But Snrv. 56

Forejudged; sent from court; banished. Deprived of a thing by judgment of court. Bract fol. 250b; Co. Lltt. 100b; Du Cange

To forswear; to ab-jure; to abandon

In old ‘ English law. Put Out of a family? portioned off; emancipated; forisfamiliated. Bract, fol.64

In old English lnw. Forejudges A forejudgment. A judg-ment of court whereby a man is put out of possession of a thing. Co. Litt. 100b

A criminal, one who has forfeited his life by commission of a capital offeuse. Spelman

In old English law. Portioned off. A son was sald to be forisfamiliated (fortefamiliari) if hie father assigned him part of his land, and gave him seisin thereof, and did this at the request or with the free consent of the son himself, who expressed himself satisfied with such portion, 1 Reeve, Eng. Law, 42, […]

Forfeited. Bona fo-risfacta, forfeited goods. 1 Bl. Comm. 299. A crime. Du Cange; Spelman

A crime or offense through which property is forfeited

In old English law. Banished

Lat. To forfeit; to lose an estate or other property on account of some criminal or illegal act. To confls-cate

Lat. Abroad; out of doors ; on the outside of a place; without; extrinsic

In old records. A herd-land, headland, or foreland. Cowell

In the clvll law. Discussions or arguments before a court. 1 Kent, Comm. 530

Lat Foreign; exterior; outside; extraordinary. Servitium fo-rinsecvm, the payment of aid, scutage, and other extraordinary military services. Fo-rinsecum mancrium, the manor, or that part of it which lies outside the bare or town, and is not included within the liberties of it. Cowell; Blount; Jacob; 1 Reeve, Eng. Law, 273

In oriminal law. The

1. A punishment annexed by law to some illegal act or negligence