Category: F

In French law. A crime which Is in actual process of perpetrationor which has just been committed. Code d’Instr. Crim. art. 41.

By this term Is meant that mass of lawful and valid claims againstthe corporation for the payment of which there is no money in the corporate treasuryspecifically designed, nor any taxation nor

Food for horses or cattle. In feudal law, the term also denoted a prerogativeof the prince to be provided with corn, etc., for his horses by his subjects in his wars.

In old Scotch law. Forethought; premeditated. 1 Pitc. Crim. Tr. pL 1, p. 90

In the forest law. An aniereenient for not cutting out the ball or cutting off the claws of a dog’s feet, (expeditatinghim.) To be quit of footgeld is to have the privilege

An offense against the public peace, or private wrong, committedby violently taking possession of lands and tenements with menaces, force, and arms,against the will of those entitled to the possession, and without

or medical jurisprudence, as it is also called, is “that sciencewhich teaches the application of every branch of medical knowledge to the purposes ofthe law; hence its limits are, on the one

In criminal law. The falsely making or materially altering, with intent to defraud, any writing which, ifgenuine, might apparently be of legal efficacy or tlie foundation of a legal liability. 2Bish. Crim.

See FOREJUDGE.

Unlawful sexual intercourse between two unmarried persons.Further, if one of the persons be married and the other not, it is fornication on the partof the latter, though adultery for the former. In

Force. In old English law.Force used by an accessary, to enable the principal to commit a crime, as by binding orholding a person while another killed him, or by aiding or counseling

A dyke, ditch, or trench; a place inclosed by a ditch ; a moat; a canal.

In English law. This was the statute 52 Geo. III. c. 00, whichsecured to juries, upon the trial of indictments for libel, the right of pronouncing ageneral verdict of guilty or not

The privilege of sending certain matter through the public mails without payment of postage. In pursuance of a personal or official privilege. TLD Example: The franking privilege makes it easier for lawmakers to

Sanctuaries; seats of peace.

Fr. A brother. Frcre eyne, elder brother. Frcre puisne, younger brother. Rritt.c. 75.

Sax. Peace, security, or protection. This word occurs in many compoundterms used in Anglo-Saxon law.

Sax. In old English law. A plain between woods. Co. Litt. 56.An arm of the sea, or a strait between two lands. Cowell.

A public officer or em- ploy

See FORNAGIUM ; FOUR.