Category: F

In maritime law. Any atmospheric condition (including not only fog properly socalled, but also mist or falling snow) which thickens the air, obstructs the view, and soIncreases the perils of navigation. Flint

In Spanish law. Any tribute or loan granted to the king for the purposeof enabling him to defray the expenses of a war.

In Louisiana. Those persons whom the testator or donor cannotdeprive of the portion of his estate reserved for them by law, except in cases where hehas a just cause to disinherit them.

An old form of foreign, (q. v.) Blount

Liable to be forfeited; subject to forfeiture for non-user, neglect, crime, etc.

In old English law. Put out of a family; portioned off; emancipated; forisfamiliated. Bract, fol. 64.

Lat Fear of danger. 1 Kent Comm. 23.

A fortress or place of strength, which anciently did not pass without a special grant. 11 Hen. VII. c. 18.

In old records. A long slip of ground. Cowell.

The seas surrounding England. These were divided into the Western,including the Scotch and Irish; the Northern, or North sea; the Eastern, being theGerman ocean; the Southern, being the British channel.

France. Bract, fol. 427!).

Lat Fraud. More commonly called, iu the civil law, “dolus,” and “dolusmalus,” (q. v.) A distinction, however, was sometimes made between “fraus” and “dolus;” the former being held to be of the

In old English law. A mulct or fine exacted from him who harbored anoutlawed friend. Cowell; Tomlins.

A suit brought by a creditor in chancery against an executor oradministrator, being really a suit by the executor or administrator, in the name of acreditor, against himself, in order to compel

In old records. A place overgrown with shrubs and bushes. Spelman ; Blount

In old English law. The same as fuage, or smoke farthings. 1 BL. Comm. 324. See FUAGE.

A furlong, or a furrow one-eighth part of a mile long. Co. Litt. 5&.

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