Category: F

In Roman law. An intermediate person who purchased theaggregate inheritance when sold per ecs et lihram, In the process of making a will underthe Twelve Tables. This purchaser was merely a man

1. The lessee of a farm. It is said that every lessee for life or years, althoughit he hut of a small house and land, is called “farmer.” This word implies nomystery,

An idiot or fool. Bract, fol. 4206.Foolish; absurd; indiscreet; or ill considered. Fatuum judicium, a foolish judgment orverdict Applied to the verdict of a jury which, though false, was not criminally so,

1. A freehold estate in lands, held of a superior lord, as a reward for services,and on condition of rendering some service in return for it. The trite meaning of theword “fee”

Malignant; malicious; done with intent to commit a crime; having thegrade or quality of a felony. People v. Moore, 37 Hun (N. Y.) 93; Aikman v. Com., 18 S.W. 938, 13 Ky.

The customs of feuds. The name of a compilation of feudal laws and customs made at Milanin the twelfth century. It is the most ancient work on the subject, and was alwaysregarded,

A fardel-land; ten acres; or perhaps a yard-land. Cowell.FERDFARE. Sax. A summons to serve in the army. An acquittance from going intothe army. Fleta, lib. 1, c. 47,

Earnest given to servants when hired or retained. The same as arlcs-pcnny. Cowell.

An abbreviation for fieri facias, (which see.)

Lat. Faith; honesty; confidence ; trust; veracity ; honor. Occurring In thephrases “bona fides,” (good faith,) “mala fides,” (bad faith,) and “uberrima fides,” (theutmost or most abundant good faith.)Fides est obligatio conscientiae

Sax. A mulct or fine for making a quarrel to the disturbance of thepeace. Called also by Cowell “forisfactura BL.LAW DICT.(2D ED.)

A person employed in the economical management and application ofpublic money; one skilled in the management of financial affairs.

Sax. In old English law. A summoning forth to a military expedition,(i/idictio ad profevtionem militarcm.) Spelman.

In old English law. Liberty to scour and repair a mill-dam, and carry awaythe soil, etc. Blount.

To liquidate or render certain. To fasten a liability upon one. To transform apossible or contingent liability into a present and definite liability. Zimmerman v.Canfield. 42 Ohio St. 40S: Polk v. Minnehaha

In Saxon law. Land; a house; home.

Lat. A river; a public river ; flood; flood-tide.

In the civil law. The produce of animals, and the fruit of other property,which are acquired to the owner of such animals and property by virtue of his rightBowyer, Mod. Civil Law,

Fr. In French law. Goods and effects. Adams v. Akerlund, 108111. 632. 48 N. E. 454.

Power dynamically considered, that is, in motion or in action; constraining power, compulsion; strength directed to an end. Usually the word occurs in such connections as to show that unlawful or wrongful