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This term has grown out of those purely speculative transactions, inwhich there is a nominal contract of sale forfuture delivery, but where in fact none is ever intended or executed. The nominal

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

A sheep-fold. Cowell.

In the civil law. False designation; erroneous description of a person or thing in a written instrument Inst 2, 20, 30.Falsa demonstratio non nocet, cam de corpore (persona) constat. False descriptiondoes not

Persons of the king’s household. The ancient title of the “sixclerks” of chancery in England. Crabb, Com. Law, 184; 2 Reeve, Eng. Law, 249, 251.

Lat. An ill-composed book containing a collection of miscellaneoussubjects not properly associated nor scientifically arranged. Wharton.

(Jaws of the land.) Narrow headlands and promontories, inclosing aportion or arm of tlie sea within tliein. 1 Kent, Comm. .'{(iT, and note; Ilale, De JureMar. 10; The Harriet, 1 Story, 251,

An estate tail; an estate of inheritance given to a man and the heirs of hisbody, or limited to certain classes of particular heirs. It corresponds to the fciiiluintallialum of the feudal

In English law. This term meant originally the state of having forfeited lands and goods to the crown upon conviction for certain offenses, and then, by transition, any offense upon conviction for

In feudal law. The grantee of a feod, feud, or fee; the vassal or tenantwho held his estate by feudal service. Termes de la Ley. Blackstone uses “feudatory.” 2Bl. Comm. 46.

In Roman law. Holidays; generally speaking, days or seasons during whichfree-born Romans suspended their political transactions and their lawsuits, and duringwhich slaves enjoyed a cessation from labor, all ferice were thus dies

Chains or shackles for the feet; Irons used to secure the legs of convicts,unruly prisoners, etc. Similar cnains securing the wrists are called “handcuffs.”

Sp. In Spanish law, trust, confidence, and eorrelatively a legal duty or obligationarising therefrom. The term is sufficiently broad in meaning to include both ageneral obligation and a restricted liability under a

An adjective having the same meaning as “fiduciary;” as, in the phrase”public or fiducial office.” Ky. St.

n. A thread, string, or wire upon which writs and other exhibits in courts andoffices are fastened or filed for the more safe-keeping and ready turning to the same.Spelman ; Cowell; Tomlins.

A decision upon a question of fact reached as the result of a judicial examinationor investigation by a court, jury, referee, coroner, etc. Williams v. Giblin, 86Wis. 648. 57 N. W. 1111;

In old English law. A fine for refusing military service, {mulcta detrcotuutis mil ilium.) Spelman.A fine imposed for murder committed In the army; an acquittance of such fine. Fleta,lib. 1, c. 47.

An Anglicized form of the Latin “flscus,” (which see.)