FORMATA BREVIA
FORMATA BREVIA. Formed writs; writs of form. See BrRevia FoRMATA.
Terms beginning with "F" (326 total)
FORMER ADJUDICATION, or FOR
MER RECOVERY. An adjudication or recovery in a former action. See Res JupI-
FORNIX
Lat. A brothel; fornication.
FORPRISE
fent, a mode of procedure called “per for-
FORSCHEL
FORSCHEL. A strip of land lying next to the highway.
Fortes
42. The offspring of a legitimate bed knows not his mother more certainly than his father. ; de Laud. Legum Anglise.
FORTIOR
Lat. Stronger. A term applied, in the law of evidence, to that species of presumption, arising from facts shown in evidence, which is strong enough to shift the burden of proof to the opposite party. Burrill, Cire. Ev. 6...
FORTIS
Lat. Strong. Fortis et sana, strong and sound; staunch and strong; as a vessel. Townsh. Pl]. 227.
FORTUIT
writ or warrant, and the amount due thereon, (including his fee for taking the bond, commissions. and other lawful charges, if any,) with condition that the property shall be forthcoming at the day and place of sale; whe...
FORTUITOUS
FORTUITOUS. Accidental; undesigned ;
FORTUNA
Lat. Fortune; also treasure-trove. Jacob.
FORUM
Lat. A court of justice, or judicial tribunal; a place of jurisdiction ; a place where a remedy is sought; a place of litigation. 3 Story. 347.
FORWARDING MERCHANT, or FOR
WARDER. One who receives and forwards goods, taking upon himself the expenses of transportation, for which he receives a compensation from the owners, having no concern in the vessels or wagons by which they are transpor...
FOSSATORUM OPERATIO
ous forum or court; a place of litigation; the ordinary court of justice, as distinguished from the tribunal of conscience. 3 Bl. Comm. 211. —Forum contractus. The forum of the contract; the court of the place where a ...
FOSSATUM
the ditches round a city or town, for which some paid a contribution, called “fossagium.” Cowell
Fost
on Soi. Fa. Scire Facias.
Foster v. Essex Bank, 17 Mass
498, 9 Am. Dec. :168; Coggs v. Bernard, 2 Ld. Raym. 912,, See DEPosirt. meds ab - One of the four real contracts specified by Justinian, and having the following characteristics: (1) The depositary or depositee is not li...
Foster, 7 Vt
53; Lafayette County v. Wonderly, 92 Fed. 314, 34 C.C. A. 360; Hadaway v. Hynson, 89 Md. 305, 43 Atl. 806.
Foster, 9 Pick
(Mass.) 130, 19 Am. Dec. 353. (Mass.) 130, 19 Am. Dec. 353.
FOUR
Fr. In old French law. An oven or bake-house. Four banal, an oven, owned by the seignior of the estate, to which the tenants were obliged to bring their bread for baking. Also the proprietary right to maintain such an ov...
FOURCHER
Fr. To fork. This was a method of delaying an action anciently resorted to by defendants when two of them were joined in the suit. Instead of appearing together, each would appear in turn and
Fourchy, 51 La. Ann
228; 25 South. 109. Also evidence given in opposition to a presumption of fact or a prima facie case; in this sense, it may be not only counteracting evidence, but evidence sufficient to counteract, that is. conelusive. ...
Fowler, 88 Md
601, 42 Atl. 201, 42 L. R. A. 849, 71 Am. St. Rep. 452; Bishop v. Mc-
Fox, 138 App. Div
43, 122 N. Y. Supp. 889.
FOY. IL
Fr. Faith; allegiance; fidelity.
FPORMIDO PERICULI
Lat. Fear of danger. 1 Kent, Comm. 23.
Fr
tit. prél. no. 5. (Never seised of a dowable estate.) In pleading. ‘The general issue in the action of dower unde nil habet, by which the tenant denies that the demandant’s husband was cver scised of an estate of w...
Fr. Ch
Freeman's English Chancery Reports ;—Freeman’s Mississippi Chancery Reports. :
Fr. E.0
Fraser’s Election Cases.
FRACTIO
Digest or Pandects in the Corpus Juris Ot vtlis of Justinian, the several extracts from juristic writings of which it 1s composed being so called. Lat. A breaking; division; fraction; a portion of a thing less than the ...
Frag
de Repub. lib. 3; 3 Kent, Comm. L
FRAGMENTA
Lat. Fragments. <A name sometimes applied (especially in citations) to the Digest or Pandects in the Corpus Juris Ctvilis of Justinian, as being made up of numerous extracts or “fragments” from the writings of variou...
FRAIS
Fr. Expense; charges;
Fran. Max
Francis’ Maxims of Equity.
Franc. Judg
Francillon’s Judgments, County Courts.
France
France’s Reports, vols. 3-11 Colorado.
FRANCHISE
poration in excess of its tangible assets, a franchise tax is not a tax on either property, capital, stock, earnings, or dividends. See Home
FRANCIA
France. Bract. fol. 427d.
Francis, 28 Mo
184; Ritger v. Parker, 8
Francisco, 10 Abb. Prac
(N. Y.) 32: State v. Turner, 34 Or. 173, 55 Pac. 92; Chapman v. Jackson, 9 Rich. Law (8. C.) 212; State v. Jones, 16 Fla. 306.
Francisco, 101 Cal
15, 35 Pac. 353. 40 Am. 15, 35 Pac. 353, 40 Am.
Francisco, 9 Cal
470: Sands v. Maclay, %
Frank fold; free fold; free foldage
1 Leon. 11.—Libera lex. In old English law. Free law; frank law; the law of the land. The law enjoyed by free and lawful men, as distinguished from such men as have lost the benefit
FRANK-PLEDGE
FESTING-PENNY. Earnest given to gervants when hired or retained. The same as arles-penny. Cowell.
FRANK, adj. In old English law
Free. Occurring in several compounds. —Frank-almoigne. In English law. Free
Franklin Ins. Co., 40 Md
631; Clark v. Fisher, 54 Kan. 403, 38 Pac. 493; Redmon v. Insurance Co., 51 Wis. 293, § N. W. 226, 837 Am.
FRANOUS
L. Lat. Free; a freeman; a Frank. Spelman. —Francus bancus. Free bench, (c. v.)— Francus homo. [In old European law. A free man. Domesday.—Francus plegius. In old English law. A frank pledge, or free pledge. See FR...
FRAOTURA NAVIUM
Lat. The breaking or wreck of ships; the same as naufragium, (q. v.)
Fras. Elec. Cas
Fraser’s English Elec. tion Cases.
Fraser
Fraser’s £nglish Cases of Con-