Category: F

An action for which a set form of words is prescribed, which mustbe strictly adhered to. 10 Mod. 140, 141.

An attorney or advocate in a cause. Blount; Whishaw.

In English law. Persons pretending or professing to tell fortunes. and punishable as rogues and vagabonds or disorderly persons. 4 Bl. Comm. 62.

Based upon; arising from, growing out of, or resting upon; as in theexpressions “founded in fraud,” “founded on a consideration,” “founded on contract,”and the like. See In re Grant Shoe Co., 130

Fr. Expense; charges; costs. Frais d’un proems, costs of a suit.

A younger brother’s inheritance.

This word has had various meanings at different stages of history. In the Roman law, it denoted one who was either born free or emancipated and was the opposite of “slave.” In

An order of religious persons, of whom there were four principal branches,viz.: (1) Minors, Grey Friars, or Franciscans ; (2) Augustines; (3) Dominicans, or BlackFriars; (4) White Friars, or Carmelites, from whom

In the civil law. Anything produced from vines, underwood, chalk-pits,stone-quarries. Dig. 50, 10, 77.Grains and leguminous vegetables. In a more restricted sense, any esculent growingin pods. Vicat, Voc. Jur.; Calvin.

One who flees; always used in law with the implication of a flight, evasion,or escape from some duty or penalty or from the consequences of a misdeed.

Lat. In the civil law. Fungible things. See that title.

Lat. Theft. The fraudulent appropriation to one’s self of the property ofanother, with an intention to commit theft without the consent of the owner. Fleta, 1. 1,c. 36; Bract, fol. 150; 3

This name was formerly given to certain notes of some of the banks inthe state of Connecticut, which were made payable in two years after the close of thewar of 1812. Springfield

In old English law. A marriage gift coming from the father or brother ofthe bride.

In old English law. A jacket or close coat Blount

In English law. A quantity of land six ells square superficial measure.

A killer of reputation; a slanderer.

Whoremongers and adulterers.

Lat. Fate; a superhuman power ; an event or cause of loss, beyond humanforesight or means of prevention.

Among the ancient Itomans, that order of priests who discharged the dutiesof ambassadors. Subsequently their duties appear to have related more particularlyto the declaring war and peace. Calvin.; 1 Kent, Comm. 6.