Category: F

In common-law practice, a set form of words used in judicial proceedings. In the civil law, an action. Calvin.

In old Scotch law. A fortalice; a castle. Properly a house or tower which has a battlement or a ditch or moat about it

One who receives and forwards goods,taking upon himself the expenses of transportation, for which he receives a compensationfrom the owners, having no concern in the vessels or wagons by which theyare transported,

Fr. To fork. This was a method of delaying an action anciently resortedto by defendants when two of them were joined in the suit. Instead of appearingtogether, each would appear in turn

A man born in France. A designation formerly given to aliens In England.

In old English law. A wood of ashes; a place where ashes grow. Co. Litt. 46; Shep. Touch. 95.

In old English law. A madman, or person in a frenzy. Fleta, lib. 1, c.36.

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 English law. Lands given towards the maintenance, rebuilding, orrepairing of cathedral and other churches. Cowell; Blount.

In the civil law. The right, power, or capacity of making awill; called “factio act’ua.” Inst. 2, 10, 6.The right or capacity of taking by will; called “factio passiva.” Inst. 2, 10,

In a general sense, deficiency, want, or lack ; ineffectualness ; inefficiencyas measured by some legal standard; an unsuccessful attempt. White v. Pettijohn, 23N. C. 55; State v. Butler, 81 Minn. 103,

In old English law. A fold-course; the course (going or taking about)of a fold. Speluian. A sheep walk, or feed for sheep. 2 Vent 139.

In old English law. To counterfeit. Quia falsavit sit/ilium, because he counterfeited the seal. Bract fol. 2766.

Fr. In French marine law. A large lantern, fixed upon the highest part of a vessel’s stern.

Lat. Right; justice; the divine law. 3 Rl. Comm. 2; Calvin.

Bias; partiality; lenity; prejudice. See CHALLENGE.Favorabilia in lege sunt fiscus, dos, vita, libertas. Jenk. Cent. 94. Things favorablyconsidered in law are the treasury, dower, life, liberty.Favorabiliores rei, potius quam ac- tores, habentur.