Category: F

Lat. Those who are to be. Part of the commencement of old deeds. “Sciantprascntcs ct futuri. quod cqo talis, dedi ct conccssi,” etc., (Let all men now living and tocome know that

In mercantile contracts, this abbreviation means “free on board,” and imports that the seller or consignor of goods will deliver them on the car. vessel, or other conveyance by which they are

In old English law. Deeds. Facta armorum, deeds or feats of arms; that Is,Jousts or tournaments. Cowell.Facts. Facta et casus, facts and cases. Bract, fol. 16.Facta sunt potentiora verbis. Deeds are more

In French law. Bankruptcy ; failure; the situation of a debtor who findshimself unable to fulfill his engagements. Code de Com. arts. 442, 580; Civil Code La’,art. 3522.

Span. In Spanish law. The slope or skirt of a hill. Fossat v. United States, 2Wall. 673, 17 L. Ed. 739.

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.

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.