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One of the fines Incurred for homicide.
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One of the fines Incurred for homicide.
In old English law. The making or coining of money.
In fact; by an act; by the act or fact. Ipso facto, by the act itself; by themere effect of a fact, without anything superadded, or any proceeding upon it to give
In old English practice. An action was so called where the party bringing it had no title torecover, although the words of the writ were true; a false action was properly wherethe
The privilege which anciently several lords reserved to themselves of settingup folds for sheep iu any fields within their manors, the better to manure them,and this not only with their own but
A counterfeiter. Townsh. PI. 200.
In Spanish law. A measure of land varying in different provinces, but Inthe Spanish settlements in America consisting of 6,400 square varas or yards.
In old English law. A faggot of wood.
Faithful. Tenants by knight service swore to their lords to he fcal and leal; i.e., faithful aud loyal.
In Saxon law. One liound for another by oath; a sworn brother. A friendbound in the decennary for the good behavior of another. One who took the place ofthe deceased. Thus, if
The killing of a woman. Wharton.
This word (meaning a feud or fee) is the one most commonly used by theolder English law-writers, though its equivalent, “feudum,” is used generally by themore modern writers and by the feudal
A house or land, or both, let by lease. Cowell.
Feuds or fees.
(Lat. “Let it be done.”) in English practice. A short order or warrant of a judge or magistrate directing some act to be done; an authority issuing from some competent source for
A fee, food, or feud.
In old English law. A ferny or bracky ground; a place where fern grows. Co. Litt. 46; Sliep. Touch. 95.
An obsolete writ to inhibit officers of courts to take fines for fair pleading.
A partnership; the group of persons constituting a partnership. The name ortitle under which the members of a partnership transact business.
An animal which Inhabits the water, breathes by means of gills, swims by theaid of fins, and is oviparous.