Category: F

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.

In old English law. The fawning of deer. Spelman.

1. A measure of length containing twelve inches or one-third of a yard.2. The base, bottom, or foundation of anything; and, by metonomy, the end ortermination; as the foot of a fine.

Pre-emption; forestalling the market. Jacob.

The presiding member of a grand or petit jury, who speaks or answers for the jury.

A quit-rent; a small reserved rent in money. Jacob.

Forejudged; sent from court; banished. Deprived of a thing byjudgment of court. Bract, fol. 2506; Co. Litt 1006; Du Cange.

Collections of formula, or forms of forensic proceedings andinstruments used among the Franks, and other early continental nations of Europe.Among these the formulary of Marculphus may be mentioned as of considerable interest.Butl.

In Scotch law. The action by which an arrestment (garnishment) ismade effectual. It is a decree or process by which the creditor Is given the right todemand that the sum arrested be

In the civil law. A ditch; a receptacle of water, made by hand. Dig. 43, 14,1, 5.In old English law. A ditch. A pit full of water, in which women committing felony

A form of socialism. See 1 Mill, Pol. Ec. 2G0.

L. Lat Free; a freeman; a Frank. Spelman.

In old English law. Freight. Quoad frectum navium suarum, as to the freight of his vessels. Blount

A free-surety, or free- pledge. Spelman. See FRANK-PLEDGE.

Impotence. Johnson.

In Spanish law. Fruits; products ; produce; grains ; profits. White, New Recop. b. 1, tit. 7, c. 5,

Office; duty; fulfillment of a definite end or set of ends by the correctadjustment of means. The occupation of an office. By the performance of its duties, theofficer is said to fill

A measure of length, being forty poles, or one-eighth of a mile.