Category: F

In the civil law. False or counterfeit money. Cod. 9, 24.Falsa orthographia non vitiat chartani,concessionein. False spelling does not vitiate a deed. Shep. Touch. 55, 87; 9 Coke,48

A collective body of persons who live in one house and under one head or management. .Tahoe v. Jarboe, 100 Mo. App. 459, 79 S. W. 1162; Dodge v. Boston &T. R.

The ancient appellation of Serjeants’ Inn, Chancery lane.

In the civil law. Negligence; want of care. An improper act or omission,injurious to another, and transpiring through negligence, rashness, or ignorance.There are in law three degrees of faults.

The name given to certain secret tribunals which flourished inGermany from the end of the twelfth century to the middle of the sixteenth, usurpingmany of the functions of tbe governments which were

The sex which conceives and gives birth to young. Also a member of suchsex. The term is generic, but may have the specific meaning of “woman.” if so indicatedby the context. State

In old English law. Fee-farm, (q. v.)

In old records. The fourth part of a penny; also the quarter of a ward in a borough.

In Scotch law. A holding or tenure where the vassal, in place of military service, makes his return in grain or money. Distinguished from “wardholding,” which is themilitary tenure of the country.

In Scotch law. He that has the fee or feu. The proprietor is termed “fiar,” incontradistinction to the life-renter. 1 Karnes, Eq. Pref. One whose property is chargedwith a life-rent.

Iu Roman law. The elder brother of an emancipated pupilhut,whose father had died leaving him still under fourteen years of age.

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.)

A national standard on which are certain emblems; an ensign; a banner. It iscarried by soldiers, ships, etc., and commonly displayed at forts and many othersuitable places.

In American land law, especially in the western states. A certificate authorizing the entry, by the holder, of a certain quantity of land not yet specifically selected or located. U. S. v.

In railroading, a flying switch is made by uncoupling the cars fromthe engine while in motion, and throwing the cars onto the side track, by turning theswitch, after the engine has passed

In French feudal law. Faith; fealty. Guyot, Inst Feod. c. 2.

A fountain or spring. Bract, fol. 233.