Category: F

Lat. A court of justice, or Judicial tribunal; a place of jurisdiction ; a placewhere a remedy is sought; a place of litigation. 3 Story, 347.In Roman law. The market place, or

The face of a written instrument. That which is contained on theface of a deed (without any aid from the knowledge of the circumstances under which itis made) is said to be

A special privilege conferred by government upon an individual orcorporation, and which does not belong to the citizens of the country generally, ofcommon right. It is essential to the character of a

L. Fr. A franchise.

Sax. An outlaw. So called because on his outlawry he was denied allhelp of friends after certain days. Cowell ; Blount.

In old English law. An outlaw; so called because he was denied all help of friends. Bract, lib. 3, tr. 2, c. 12.

In old records. Uncultivated and desert ground. 2 Mon. Angl. 327;Cowell.

A fleam, or stream of water. Blount.

A fine or mulct paid for theft.Furiosi nulla voluntas est. A madman has no will. Dig. 50, 17, 40; Broom, Max. 314.

See ESTATE.

In old English criminal law, this letter was branded upon felons upon their beingadmitted to clergy ; as also upon those convicted of fights or frays, or falsity. Jacob;Cowell; 2 Reeve, Eng.

A thing done; an action performed or an Incident transpiring; an event or circumstance; an actual occurrence. In the earlier days of the law “fact” was used almost exclusively in the sense

1. The difference between “fail” and “refuse” is that the latter involves an actof the will, while the former may be an act of inevitable necessity. Taylor v. Mason, 9Wheat. 344, 6

A sheep-fold. Cowell.

In the civil law. False designation; erroneous description of a person or thing in a written instrument Inst 2, 20, 30.Falsa demonstratio non nocet, cam de corpore (persona) constat. False descriptiondoes not

Persons of the king’s household. The ancient title of the “sixclerks” of chancery in England. Crabb, Com. Law, 184; 2 Reeve, Eng. Law, 249, 251.

Lat. An ill-composed book containing a collection of miscellaneoussubjects not properly associated nor scientifically arranged. Wharton.

(Jaws of the land.) Narrow headlands and promontories, inclosing aportion or arm of tlie sea within tliein. 1 Kent, Comm. .'{(iT, and note; Ilale, De JureMar. 10; The Harriet, 1 Story, 251,

An estate tail; an estate of inheritance given to a man and the heirs of hisbody, or limited to certain classes of particular heirs. It corresponds to the fciiiluintallialum of the feudal

In English law. This term meant originally the state of having forfeited lands and goods to the crown upon conviction for certain offenses, and then, by transition, any offense upon conviction for