Category: F

In French law. A capital is said to be invested d fonds perduswhen it is stipulated that in consideration of the payment of an amount as interest,higher than the normal rate, the

Fr. In the law of insurance. Superior or irresistible force. Emerig. Tr. des Ass. c. 12.

In old English law, this term, when used with reference to a particularcity, designated any person who was not an inhabitant of that city. According to laterusage, it denotes a person who

In old English law. The taking of provisions from any person in fairs ormarkets before the royal purveyors were served with necessaries for the sovereign.Cowell. Also the seizing and rescuing of stolen

In old English and Scotch law. Literally, to put out of a family,(Joris familiam ponere.) To portion off a son, so that he could have no further claimupon his father. Glanv. lib.

An adjudication or recovery in a former action. See RES JUDICATA.

This term means “something more than a mere military camp, post, orstation. The term implies a fortification, or a place protected from attack by some suchmeans as a moat, wall, or parapet”

Lat. A court of justice, or Judicial tribunal; a place of jurisdiction ; a placewhere a remedy is sought; a place of litigation. 3 Story, 347.In Roman law. The market place, or

The face of a written instrument. That which is contained on theface of a deed (without any aid from the knowledge of the circumstances under which itis made) is said to be

A special privilege conferred by government upon an individual orcorporation, and which does not belong to the citizens of the country generally, ofcommon right. It is essential to the character of a

L. Fr. A franchise.

Sax. An outlaw. So called because on his outlawry he was denied allhelp of friends after certain days. Cowell ; Blount.

In old English law. An outlaw; so called because he was denied all help of friends. Bract, lib. 3, tr. 2, c. 12.

In old records. Uncultivated and desert ground. 2 Mon. Angl. 327;Cowell.

A fleam, or stream of water. Blount.

A fine or mulct paid for theft.Furiosi nulla voluntas est. A madman has no will. Dig. 50, 17, 40; Broom, Max. 314.

See ESTATE.

In old English criminal law, this letter was branded upon felons upon their beingadmitted to clergy ; as also upon those convicted of fights or frays, or falsity. Jacob;Cowell; 2 Reeve, Eng.

A thing done; an action performed or an Incident transpiring; an event or circumstance; an actual occurrence. In the earlier days of the law “fact” was used almost exclusively in the sense

1. The difference between “fail” and “refuse” is that the latter involves an actof the will, while the former may be an act of inevitable necessity. Taylor v. Mason, 9Wheat. 344, 6