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A general assembly of tbe people, under the Saxons. See FOLC-GEMOTE.

Straw when the corn is threshed out. Cowell.

A butt or headland, jutting out upon other land. Cowell.

Foresaken; disavowed. 10 Edw. II. c. 1.

Lat Foreign; exterior; outside; extraordinary. Scrvitium fo- rinsccum,the payment of aid, sc-utage, and other extraordinary military services. Fo- rinsccummanerium, the manor, or that part of it which lies outside the bars or

Lat Form; the prescribed form of judicial proceedings.

In Spanish law. The place where tribunals hear and determine causes,

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

An ancient custom in Ireland, in which persons put away their childrento fosterers. Fostering was held to be a stronger alliance than blood, and the fosterchildren participated in the fortunes of their

A breaking, or breaking up; a fragment or broken part; a portion of athing, less than the whole. Jory v. Palace Dry Goods Co., 30 Or. 196, 46 Pac. 786.

In old records. A fraternity, brotherhood, or society of religious persons,who were mutually bound to pray for the good health and life. etc.. of their livingbrethren, and the souls of those that

A sale of goods “free on board” imports that they are to be delivered on board the cars, vessels, etc., without expense to the buyer for packing, cartage, or other such charges.In

A flood, or overflowing of a river, by means of rains or melted snow; an inundation. Stover v. Insurance Co., 3 Phila. (Pa.) 42; Harris v. Social Mfg. Co., 9 It. I.99.

In English law a frontager is a person owning oroccupying land which abuts on a highway, river, sea-shore, or the like. The term isgenerally used with reference to the liability of frontagers

In old English law. A drove of cattle. Blount.

A founder, (

Formerly an inn of chancery. See INNS OF CHANCERY.Furor contrahi matrimonium non sinit, quia consensu opus est. Insanityprevents marriage from being contracted, because consent is needed. Dig. 23, 2, 16, 2;1 Ves.

Sax. In Anglo-Saxon law. The military array or land force of the wholecountry. Contribution to the f.vrd was one of the Imposts forming the trinoda nccessitas.(Also spelled “ferd” and “fird.”)

Lat. To do; to make. Thus, facere defaltam, to make default; facereduellum, to make the duel, or make or do battle; facere fincm, to make or pay a fine;facere legem, to make

In the law of divorce. The capability of the husband to render a support to the wife in the form of alimony,whether temporary or permanent, including not only his tangible property, but