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The right of a tenant to his lands and tenements. Cowell.

In Scotch law. The flscus or flsc. The revenue of the crown. Generally used ofthe personal estate of a rebel which has been forfeited to the crown. Bell.

In Roman law. The title of a book containing the forms of actions,published by Cneius Flavins. A. CJ. C. 440. Mackeld. Rom. Law,

A coin originally made at Florence, now of the value of about two English shillings.

A mine. Co. Litt 6a.

A general assembly of tbe people, under the Saxons. See FOLC-GEMOTE.

Straw when the corn is threshed out. Cowell.

A butt or headland, jutting out upon other land. Cowell.

Foresaken; disavowed. 10 Edw. II. c. 1.

Lat Foreign; exterior; outside; extraordinary. Scrvitium fo- rinsccum,the payment of aid, sc-utage, and other extraordinary military services. Fo- rinsccummanerium, the manor, or that part of it which lies outside the bars or

Lat Form; the prescribed form of judicial proceedings.

In Spanish law. The place where tribunals hear and determine causes,

Lat. Strong. Fortis et sana, strong and sound; staunch aud strong; as a vessel. Townsh. PI. 227.

An ancient custom in Ireland, in which persons put away their childrento fosterers. Fostering was held to be a stronger alliance than blood, and the fosterchildren participated in the fortunes of their

A breaking, or breaking up; a fragment or broken part; a portion of athing, less than the whole. Jory v. Palace Dry Goods Co., 30 Or. 196, 46 Pac. 786.

In old records. A fraternity, brotherhood, or society of religious persons,who were mutually bound to pray for the good health and life. etc.. of their livingbrethren, and the souls of those that

In Roman law. One who was set free from a state of bondage; anemancipated slave. The word is used in the same sense in the United States, respectingnegroes who were formerly slaves.

Fr. In French marine law. To freight a ship; to let it. Emerig. Tr. des Ass. c. 11,

In international law. That portion of the territory of any country whichlies close along the border line of another country, and so “fronts” or faces it. The termmeans something more than the

A chase. Blount.