Category: F

An ancient writ iu English law which was available for one who had aright to lands or tenements by virtue of a gift in tail. It was in the nature of a

See FORESTALL.Forstellarius est pauperum depressor et totius coinmunitntis et patria; pub- llcusiaimicus. 3 Inst. 190. A forestaller is an oppressor of the poor, and a public enemy ofthe whole community and country.

Iu land laws and conveyancing, in those regions where grants, transfers,and deeds are made with reference to the subdivisions of the government survey, thisterm means forty acres of land in the form

A deserted or exposed infant; a child found without a parent orguardian, its relatives being unknown. It has a settlement in the district where found.

In French feudal law. An allod; a free inheritance; or an estate heldfree of any services except such as wer

Fraud consists of some deceitful practice or willful device, resorted to withintent to deprive another of his right, or in some manner to do him an injury. As distinguishedfrom negligence, it is

In maritime law. The party by whom a vessel is engaged or chartered ;otherwise called the “charterer.” 2 Steph. Comm. 148. In French law, the owner of avessel is called the “freighter,”

Frankpledge. Cowell. Security for the peace. Spelman.

In the civil law. Grain. That which grows In an ear. Dig. 50, 16, 77.

Fr. In medical jurisprudence. Ambulatory automatism. See AUTOMATISM.

Lat. An intention of stealing.

In old English law. A staff, used in making livery of seisin. Bract fol. 40. A baton, club, or cudgel.

(Lat. I do that you may give.) A species of contract in the civil law(being one of the innominate contracts) which occurs when a man agrees to performanything for a price either

Approved men who were strong-armed; habentes homines or richmen, men of substance; pledges or bondsmen, who, by Saxon custom, were bound toanswer for each other’s good behavior. Cowell ; Du Cange.

In Roman law. A law on the subject of testamentary disposition,enacted by the people in the year of Rome 714, on the proposition of the tribuneFalcidius. By this law, the testator’s right

Land plowed, but not sown, and left uncultivated for a time aftersuccessive crops.

In Roman law. An intermediate person who purchased theaggregate inheritance when sold per ecs et lihram, In the process of making a will underthe Twelve Tables. This purchaser was merely a man

1. The lessee of a farm. It is said that every lessee for life or years, althoughit he hut of a small house and land, is called “farmer.” This word implies nomystery,

An idiot or fool. Bract, fol. 4206.Foolish; absurd; indiscreet; or ill considered. Fatuum judicium, a foolish judgment orverdict Applied to the verdict of a jury which, though false, was not criminally so,

1. A freehold estate in lands, held of a superior lord, as a reward for services,and on condition of rendering some service in return for it. The trite meaning of theword “fee”