tinguished from a “misdemeanor,”..upon conviction for which no forfeiture followed. All indictable offenses are either felonies or misdemeanors, but a material part of the distinction is taken away by St. 33 & 34 Viet. c, 23, which abolishes forfeiture for felony. Wharton

L. Fr. A woman. In the phrase “baron et feme” (q. v.) the word has the sense of “wife.”