Category: F

The lessee of a fee-farm

A furlong. Co. Litt 56.

Fr. Iu old French and Canadian law. Hearth and home. A termimporting actual settlement upon land by a tenant.

The value of grain in the different counties of Scotland, fixed yearly by the respective sheriffs, in the month of February, with the assistance of juries.These regulate the prices of grain stipulated

The term is derived from the Roman law, and means (as a noun) a person holding the character of a trustee, or a character analogous to that of a trustee, In respect

Brit. A name given to villeins in the laws of Hoel Dda. Barring. Obs. St. 302.

v. To impose a pecuniary punishment or mulct. To sentence a person convictedof an offense to pay a penalty in money. Goodman v. Durant B. & L. Ass’n, 71Miss. 310. 14 South.

The effect of combustion. The Juridical meaning of the word does not differfrom the vernacular. 1 Pars. Mar. Law, 231, et seq.

Belonging to the fisc, or public treasury. Relating to accounts or the management of revenue.

Whipped; scourged. Au entry on old Scotch records. 1 Pitc. Crim. Tr. pt.1, p. 7.

Used for floating. A floatable stream is a stream used for floating logs,rafts, etc. Gerrish v. Brown, 51 lie. 200, 81 Am. Dcc. 500; Gaston v. Mace, 33 W. Va.14, 10 S.

House-bote; flre-bote. Cowell.

In old English law. The fawning of deer. Spelman.

1. A measure of length containing twelve inches or one-third of a yard.2. The base, bottom, or foundation of anything; and, by metonomy, the end ortermination; as the foot of a fine.

Pre-emption; forestalling the market. Jacob.

The presiding member of a grand or petit jury, who speaks or answers for the jury.

A quit-rent; a small reserved rent in money. Jacob.

Forejudged; sent from court; banished. Deprived of a thing byjudgment of court. Bract, fol. 2506; Co. Litt 1006; Du Cange.

Collections of formula, or forms of forensic proceedings andinstruments used among the Franks, and other early continental nations of Europe.Among these the formulary of Marculphus may be mentioned as of considerable interest.Butl.

In Scotch law. The action by which an arrestment (garnishment) ismade effectual. It is a decree or process by which the creditor Is given the right todemand that the sum arrested be