Category: F

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.

Felony. The act or offense by which a vassal forfeited his fee. Spelman;Calvin. Per feloniam. with a criminal intention. Co. Litt. 391.Felonla, ex vi termini significat quod- libet capitale crimen felleo animo

See FEUDALSYSTEM

Lat. Of a wild nature or disposition. Animals which are by naturewild are so designated, by way of distinction from such as are naturally tame, the latterbeing called “domitir natures.” Fleet v.

In old English law. Grand holidays, on which choirs wore caps. Jacob.Festinatio justitise est noverca infor- tunii. Hob. 97. Hasty justice Is the stepmother of misfortune.

An Indefinite expression for a small or limited number. In cases where exactdescription is required, the use of this word will not answer. Butts v. Stowe, 53 Vt. 003;Allen v. Kirwan, 159

Lat Fealty, (q. v.)Fidelitas. De nnllo tenemento, quod tenetur ad terminum, fit homagii; fit tamen indefidelitatis sacramentnm. Co.Litt. 070. Fealty. For no tenement which Is held for a term is there the

(I have caused to be made.) In practice. The name given to the returnmade by a sheriff or other officer to a writ of fieri facias, where he has collected thewhole, or

The public wealth of a state or government, considered either statically(as the property or money which a state now owns) or dynamically, (as its income,revenue, or public resources.) Also the revenue or

Those that purify gold and silver, and part them by fire and water fromcoarser metals; and therefore, in the statute of 4 Hen. VII. c. 2, they are also called”parters.” Termes de

A statement that an affiant “firmly believes” the contents of the affidavit imports a strong or high degree of belief, and is equivalent to saying that he “verily” believes it. Bradley v.

An act of parliament, passed in 1665, against non-eonform- ists,whereby ministers of that body were prohibited from coming within five miles of anycorporate town, or place where they had preached or lectured.

The possession of the goods of fugitives. Fleta, lib. 1, c. 147.

Wild fowl; water-fowl. 11 East, 571, note

In medical jurisprudence. Destruction of the feet us; the act by whichcriminal abortion is produced. 1 Beck, Med Jur. 288; Guy, Med. Jur. 133.

To conform to, comply with, or be fixed or determined by; as in the expressions”costs follow the event of the suit,” “the situs of personal property followsthat of the owner,” “the offspring

The act of abstaining from proceeding against a delinquent debtor;delay in exacting the enforcement of a right; indulgence granted to a debtor. Reynolds v. Ward, 5 Wend. (N. Y.) 504; Dierks v.