Category: F

Lat. An end; a fine; a boundary or terminus; a limit Also in L. Lat, a fine (q.v.)Finis est amicabilis compositio et finalis concordia ex concensu et concor- dia dominiregis vel justiciarum.

The doe season. Also a supplying with food. Cowell.

In the civil law. A pipe for conveying water. Dig. 8, 2, 18.

A metaphorical expression, used in connection with homicide done in self-defense, signifying the exhaustion of every possible means of escape, or of averting the assault, before killing the assailant.

In old English law. High-water mark; flood-mark. 1 And. SS, 89.

Lending money at interest ; the act of putting out money to usury.

In old English law. A freeman, who has no house or dwelling of his own,but is the follower or retainer of another, (heorthfacst,) for whom he performs certainpredial services.

A pirate; an outlaw; one banished.

In Scotch law. To forfeit ; to lose.

A duty or tribute payable to the king’s foresters. Cowell.

In old English law. Ranished.

In canon law. Canonical letters. Spelman.

Waterfalls. Camden, Brit

Accidental; undesigned; adventitious. Resulting from unavoidable physical causes.

The founding or building of a college or hospital. The incorporationor endowment of a college or hospital is the foundation ; and he who endows it withland or other property is the

Lat. The breaking or wreck of ships; the same as naufragium, (q. v.)

In old English law. Certain friars who wore white and black garments. Walsingham, 124.

An estate in land or other real property, of uncertain duration; that is,either of inheritance or which may possibly last for the life of the tenant at the least, (asdistinguished from a

Lat. A strait.

Lat. In the civil law. Fruit, fruits; produce; profit or increase; the organic productions of a thing.The right to the fruits of a thing belonging to another.The compensation which a man receives