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raetoeay erfecta, Compete age; full age; the age of twenty-five. 1 4, 32; Id. 22, 3, 25, 1—ZEtas prima. he first age; infancy, (tnfantia.) “Coll. 6, 61, 8, 3. —JEtas pubertat ti proxima. The age next to puberty; th...
Terms beginning with "F" (326 total)
F. Ins. Co
v. Wagner (Pa.) 7 Atl. 104; Insurance Co. v. Brooks, 131 Ala. 614, 30 South. 876; Berry v. Insurance Co., 132 N. Y. 49, 30 N. E. 254, 28 Am. St. Rep. 548; Strong y. Insurance Co., 10 Pick. (Mass.) 43, 20 Am.
F.B.R.N.W. P
Northwest Provinces, India.
Fabian, 54 N. J. Eq
615, 35 Atl. 760; Elston v. Schilling, 42 N. Y. 78; Beard v.
FABRICARE
Lat. To make. Used in old English law of a lawful coining, and also of an unlawful making or counterfeiting of coin. See 1 Salk. 842.
FACERE
Lat. To do; to make. Thus,
FACIO UT DES
(Lat. I do that you may give.) A species of contract in the civil law (being one of the innominate contracts) which occurs when a man agrees to perform anything for a price either specifically mentioned or left to the de...
FACIO UT FACIAS
(Lat. I do that you may do.) <A species of contract in the ‘Civil law (being one of the innominate contracts) which. occurs when I agree with a man to do his work for him if he will do mine for me; or if two persons ag...
FACTA
FACTA. In old English law. Deeds. Facta armorum, deeds or feats of arms; that is, Jousts or tournaments. Cowell.
FACTA CORAM JUSTICIARDIS ITIN
ERANTIBUS, Ete. An old writ to certify a cognizance taken by justices in eyre. Reg.
FACTOR
1. A commercial agent, employed by a principal to sell merchandise consigned to him for that purpose, for: and in behalf of the principal, but usually in his own name, being intrusted with the possession and control of t...
FACTORY _
though in maritime law and usage he is. commonly called a “supe o.””. Beaw. Lex
FACTS CANNOT LIE
ed from the prices of goods bought in the market after they have ed into the hands of third persons or shop- oor Whipple v. Levett, 2 Mason, 90, Fed. Cas. No. 17,018. l
FACTUM
Lat. In old English law. A deed; a person’s act and deed; anything stated or made certain; a sealed instrument ; a deed of: conveyance.
Fagan, 7 Houst
(Del.) 389. 8 Atl. 258; Hall v. Cheney, 86 N. H. 30; Newport News & M.
FAGGOT
Facultas probationum mon est angus tanda. The power of proofs [right of offering or giving testimony] is not to be narrowed. 4 Inst. 279.
FAGGOT VOTES
' FAGGOT VOTES. A faggot vote is where a man is formally possessed of a right to vote for members of parliament, without
FAIL
1. The difference between “fail” and “refuse” is that the latter involves an act of the will, while the former may be an act of inevitable necessity. Taylor v. Mason, 9 Wheat. 344, 6 L. Ed. 101. See Stallings v.
FAINT (or FEIGNED) ACTION. In
old English practice. An action was 80 called where the party bringing it had no title to recover, although the words of the writ were true; a false action was properly where the words of the writ were false. Litt. $ 689...
FAIR
COMPILE. To compile is to copy from various authors into one work. Between a compilation and an abridgment there is a clear distinction. A compilation consists of selected extracts from different authors; an abridgment i...
Fairlamb, 121 Mo
137, 25 S. W. 895; Milton v. State. 6 Neb. 148; State v. Greenleaf, 71
FAIT
L. Fr. Anything done. A deed; act; fact. A deed lawfully executed. Com. Dig. Feme de fait. A wife de facto.
FAITH
i. Confidence; credit; reliance. Thus, an act may be said to be done “on the faith” of certain representations.
FALD
right hand uplifted, that one will declare the truth. 1 Forb. Inst. pt. 4, p. 235.
FALDA
'FPALDA. Span. In Spanish law. The slope or skirt of a hill. Fossat v. United
FALESIA
Or down by the sea-side. Domesday.
Falkenhan, 94 Cal
141, 20 Pac. 866; Coddington v. Davis, 1 N. Y. 190.—Waiwer of tort. The election, by an injured party, for purposes of redress, to treat the facts as establishing an implied contract, which he may enforce, instead of a...
FALSE
tien of a person or.thing in a written roe ment. Inst. 2, 20, 30. feigned, simulated, or fabricated fact; a fact not founded in truth, but existing only in assertion; the deceitful semblance of a fact.-- False imprisonm...
FALSI CRIMEN
Fraudulent subornation or concealment, with design to darken or hide the truth, and make things appear otherwise than they are. It is committed (1) by words, as when a witness swears falsely; (2) by writing, as when a pe...
FALSIFYING A.RECORD
place and ‘business in- which they are uéed.
FALSING
FALSING. In Scotch law. False mak: ing; forgery. “Falsing of evidentis.” 1
FALSO RETORNO BREVIUM. A
writ which formerly lay against the sheriff who had execution of process for false re-
FALSUM
Lat. In the civil law. A false or forged thing; a fraudulent simulation; a fraudulent counterfeit or imitation, such as a forged signature or instrument. Also falsification, which may be either by falsehood, concealment ...
FALSUS
Lat. False; fraudulent; erroneous. Deceitful; mistaken.
FAMA
Lat. Fame; character; reputation; report of common opinion.
FAMILY
FAMILIA. In Roman law. <A house hold; a family. On the composition of the Roman family, see AGNATI; COGNATI; and see Mackeld. Rom. Law, § 144. tilage, in le
FANAL
Fr. In French marine law. A large lantern, fixed upon the highest part of a vessel’s stern. .
FAOIES
Lat. The face or countenance; the exterior appearance or view; hence, contemplation or study of a thing on its external or apparent side. Thus, prima facie means at the first inspection, on a preliminary or exterior scru...
Far
(or Farr.). Farresley (see Farresley). .
Fargo & Co
v. Northern Pac. R. Co. (C. C.) 23 Fed. 469.
FARM
FARDEL OF LAND. In old English Jaw. The fourth part of a yard-land. Noy Says an eighth only, because, according to him, two fardels make a nook, and four nooks a yard-land. Wharton. certain rént in’ farm; Fe c., in a...
FARMER
1. The lessee of a farm. It is said that every lessee for life or years, although it be but of a small house and land, is called “farmer.” This word implies no mystery, except it be that of pushengues Cunningham; Cow...
Farmers’ F. Ins. Co
v. Conrad, 102 Wis. 387, 78 N. W. 582.
Farnam y. Farnam, 53 Conn
261, 2 Atl. 325, 5 Atl. 682; Dulany v. Middleton, 72 Md. 67, 19 Atl. 146; In re Russell, 168 N. Y. 169, 61 N. E. 166.
FAS
Lat. Right; the divine law. 3 Bl. Comm. 2;
Fastener Co
v. Webb (C. C.) 89 Fed. 987;
FASTERMANS, or FASTING-MEN
Men in repute and substance; pledges, sureties, or bondsmen, who, according to the Saxon polity, were fast bound to answer for each other's peaceable bebavior.. Enc. Lond.
FATUUS PRASUMITUR
'‘ FASTI. In Roman law. Lawful. Des fasti, lawful days; days on which justice could lawfully be administered by the prsetor. See Dies FAstt.
FAUBOURG
FAUBOURG. In French law, and’ in Louisiana. joining the principal city; a suburb. See City Council of Lafayette vy. Holland, 18
FAUCES TERRZ
(Jaws of the land.) Narrow headlands and promontories, inclosing a portion or arm of the sea within them. 1 Kent, Comm. 367, and note; Hale, De Jure