FARDEL OF LAND
In old English law. The fourth part of a yard-land. Noy says an eighth only, because, according to him, two fardels make a nook, and four nooks a yard-land. Wharton.
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In old English law. The fourth part of a yard-land. Noy says an eighth only, because, according to him, two fardels make a nook, and four nooks a yard-land. Wharton.
See ESTATE.
Apprehension of harm. Apprehension of harm or punishment, as exhibited by outward and visible marks of emotion. An evidence of guilt In certain cases. See Burrill, Circ. Ev. 476.
See SODOMY.
In old English law. A period of time,occurring in the middle of summer, during which it was unlawful to hunt deer in theforest, that being their fawning season. Probably so called because
lie to whom a fee is conveyed. Litt.
A lessee: a farmer. One who holds a term, whether of lands oran incorporeal right, such as customs or revenue.
To reduce to a feudal tenure; to conform to feudalism. Webster.
A term derived from the Latin “fidci-commissarius,” and occasionallyused by writers on equity jurisprudence as a substitute for the law Frenchterm “cestui que trust,” as being more elegant and euphonious. See Brown
This term might well be considered as definite and certain a description as”close,” and might be used In law; but it is not a usual description in legal proceed ings.1 Chit Gen.
To make full; to complete; to satisfy or fulfill; to possess and perform theduties of.The election of a person to an office constitutes the essence of his appointment; butthe office cannot be
An absolute necessity or inevitable constraint Plowd. 94; 6 Coke, 11;Cowell.
A Turkish word denoting a decree or grant of privileges, or passport to a traveler.
A term descriptive of a bill in equity which seeks a discovery upongeneral, loose, and vague allegations. Story, Fq. PI.
A check drawn upon a banker by a person who has no funds at thebanker’s and knows that such is the case.
A section of a building between horizontal planes. Lowell v. Strahan. 145Mass. 1. 12 X. E. 401. 1 Am. St. Rep. 422.A term used metaphorically, in parliamentary practice, to denote the exclusive
See FODDER.
In Saxon law. Land of the folk or people. Land belonging to the peopleor the public.Folc-land was the property of the community. It might be occupied in common, orpossessed in severalty; and,
Fr. In French law. A tribunal. Lc for intcricur, the interior forum; the tribunal ofconscience. Poth. Obi. pt. 1, c. 1,
In North Carolina, this is an invasion of the rights of anotherwith respect to his personal property, of the same character, or under the samecircumstances, which would constitute a “forcible entry and