Category: F

One who receives and forwards goods,taking upon himself the expenses of transportation, for which he receives a compensationfrom the owners, having no concern in the vessels or wagons by which theyare transported,

Fr. To fork. This was a method of delaying an action anciently resortedto by defendants when two of them were joined in the suit. Instead of appearingtogether, each would appear in turn

A man born in France. A designation formerly given to aliens In England.

In old English law. A wood of ashes; a place where ashes grow. Co. Litt. 46; Shep. Touch. 95.

In old English law. A madman, or person in a frenzy. Fleta, lib. 1, c.36.

A suit brought by a creditor in chancery against an executor oradministrator, being really a suit by the executor or administrator, in the name of acreditor, against himself, in order to compel

In old records. A place overgrown with shrubs and bushes. Spelman ; Blount

In old English law. The same as fuage, or smoke farthings. 1 BL. Comm. 324. See FUAGE.

A furlong, or a furrow one-eighth part of a mile long. Co. Litt. 5&.

Lat. Those who are to be. Part of the commencement of old deeds. “Sciantprascntcs ct futuri. quod cqo talis, dedi ct conccssi,” etc., (Let all men now living and tocome know that

One which at first glance can be seen to be merely pretensive, setting up some ground which cannotbe sustained by argument. Dominion Nat. Bank v. Olympia Cotton Mills (C. C.) 12S Fed.

A case primce impressionis (of the first impression) is a case of a new kind, to which no established principle of law or precedent directly applies, and which must be decided entirely

L. Fr. Next. A term somewhat used in modern law, and more frequently in the old law; as prochein ami, prochein cousin. Co. Litt. 10.

In old English law. The proeuratory or Instrument by which any person or community constituted or delegated their procurator or proctors to represent them in any judicial court or cause. Cowell.

In old English law. The remuneration to the proprietor of a domain for the privilege of feeding swine under the oaks and beeches of his woods.

Lat. In the Roman law. Money, (literally, brass;) metallic money in general, including gold. Dig. 9, 2, 2, pr.; Id. 9, 2, 27, 5; Id. 50, 16, 159.

The age next to infancy; the first half of the period of childhood, (pucritia,) extending from seven years to ten and a half. Inst. 3. 20. 9; 4 Bl. Comm. 22.

The first age; infancy, (infantia.) Cod. 6, 61. 8, 3.

Commerce or trade between the United States and foreign countries. Com. v. Housatonic R. Co.. 143 Mass. 204. 9 N. E. 547 ; Foster v. New Orleans, 94 U. S. 246. 24

A previous trial and conviction of the same offense as that now charged; pleadable in bar of the prosecution. State v. Ellsworth, 131 N. C. 773, 42 S. E. 099, 92 Am.