FAILURE
In a general sense, deficiency, want, or lack ; ineffectualness ; inefficiencyas measured by some legal standard; an unsuccessful attempt. White v. Pettijohn, 23N. C. 55; State v. Butler, 81 Minn. 103,
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In a general sense, deficiency, want, or lack ; ineffectualness ; inefficiencyas measured by some legal standard; an unsuccessful attempt. White v. Pettijohn, 23N. C. 55; State v. Butler, 81 Minn. 103,
In old English law. A fold-course; the course (going or taking about)of a fold. Speluian. A sheep walk, or feed for sheep. 2 Vent 139.
In old English law. To counterfeit. Quia falsavit sit/ilium, because he counterfeited the seal. Bract fol. 2766.
Fr. In French marine law. A large lantern, fixed upon the highest part of a vessel’s stern.
Lat. Right; justice; the divine law. 3 Rl. Comm. 2; Calvin.
Bias; partiality; lenity; prejudice. See CHALLENGE.Favorabilia in lege sunt fiscus, dos, vita, libertas. Jenk. Cent. 94. Things favorablyconsidered in law are the treasury, dower, life, liberty.Favorabiliores rei, potius quam ac- tores, habentur.
Fictitious; pretended; supposititious; simulated.
L. Fr. A woman. In the phrase “baron ct feme” (q. v.) the word has the sense of “wife.”
The lessee of a fee-farm
A furlong. Co. Litt 56.
Fr. Iu old French and Canadian law. Hearth and home. A termimporting actual settlement upon land by a tenant.
The value of grain in the different counties of Scotland, fixed yearly by the respective sheriffs, in the month of February, with the assistance of juries.These regulate the prices of grain stipulated
The term is derived from the Roman law, and means (as a noun) a person holding the character of a trustee, or a character analogous to that of a trustee, In respect
Brit. A name given to villeins in the laws of Hoel Dda. Barring. Obs. St. 302.
v. To impose a pecuniary punishment or mulct. To sentence a person convictedof an offense to pay a penalty in money. Goodman v. Durant B. & L. Ass’n, 71Miss. 310. 14 South.
The effect of combustion. The Juridical meaning of the word does not differfrom the vernacular. 1 Pars. Mar. Law, 231, et seq.
Belonging to the fisc, or public treasury. Relating to accounts or the management of revenue.
Whipped; scourged. Au entry on old Scotch records. 1 Pitc. Crim. Tr. pt.1, p. 7.
Used for floating. A floatable stream is a stream used for floating logs,rafts, etc. Gerrish v. Brown, 51 lie. 200, 81 Am. Dcc. 500; Gaston v. Mace, 33 W. Va.14, 10 S.
House-bote; flre-bote. Cowell.