Category: F

In Spanish law. An oven. Las Partidas, pt. 3, tit 32, 1. 18.

Lat. Stronger. A term applied, in the law of evidence, to that species ofpresumption, arising from facts shown in evidence, which Is strong enough to shift theburden of proof to the opposite

A small ditch. Cowell.

Lat. A breaking; division; fraction; a portion of a thing less than the whole.

In old English law. A wood or wood-ground where ash-trees grow. Co. Litt. 46.

1. Unconstrained; having power to follow the dictates of his own will. Notsubject to the dominion of another. Not compelled to involuntary servitude. Used in thissense as opposed to “slave.”2. Not bound

Immediate; recent; following without any material interval.

An immunity for committing manslaughter. Mon. Angl. t. 1, p. 173.

In Spanish law. A law; a code.A general usage or custom of a province, having the force of law. Strother v. Lucas,12 I’et. 440, 0 L. Ed. 1137. Ir contra fuero, to

The law which determines the constitution of government in astate, and prescribes and regulates the manner of Its exercise; the organic law of astate; the constitution.

This term includes that which furnishes, or with which anything is furnished or supplied; whatever must be supplied to a house, a room, or the like, to make it habitable, convenient, or

In old Scotch practice. Fyled; found guilty. See FYLE.

The face of an instrument is that which is shown by the mere language employed,without any explanation, modification, or addition from extrinsic facts or evidence.Thus, if the express terms of the paper

Lat. In old English law.A deed ; a person’s act and deed : anything stated or made certain ; a sealedinstrument; a deed of conveyance.A fact; a circumstance; particularly a fact In

L. Fr. Anything done. A deed; act; fact. A deed lawfully executed. Com. Dig. Feme de fait. A wife de facto.

A place at the south side of the altar at which the sovereign kneels athis coronation. Wharton.

In Scotch law. False making; forgery. “Falsing of evidentis.” 1 Pitc. Crirn. Tr. pt. 1, p. 85.Making or proving false.

In old English law. A bundle or pack; a fardel. Fleta, lib. 1, c. 22,

In Roman law. Lawful. Dies fasti, lawful days; days on which justice couldlawfully be administered by the praetor. See DIES FASTI.Fatetur facinus qni judicium fugit. 3 Inst. 14. He who flees judgment

A doing; the doing of an act. See MALFEASANCE; MISFEASANCE; NONFEASANCE.A making; the making of an indenture, release, or obligation. Litt.