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FASIUS

In old English law. A faggot of wood.

FEAL

Faithful. Tenants by knight service swore to their lords to he fcal and leal; i.e., faithful aud loyal.

FEIGNED

Fictitious; pretended; supposititious; simulated.

FEME

L. Fr. A woman. In the phrase “baron ct feme” (q. v.) the word has the sense of “wife.”

FEU ET LIEU

Fr. Iu old French and Canadian law. Hearth and home. A termimporting actual settlement upon land by a tenant.

FIARS PRICES

The value of grain in the different counties of Scotland, fixed yearly by the respective sheriffs, in the month of February, with the assistance of juries.These regulate the prices of grain stipulated

FIDUCIAL

An adjective having the same meaning as “fiduciary;” as, in the phrase”public or fiducial office.” Ky. St.

FILARE

In old English practice. To file. Townsh. PI. 07.

FINDER

One who discovers and takes possession of another’s personal property,which was then lost. Kincaid v. Eaton, 98 Mass. 139. 93 Am. Dec. 142.A searcher employed to discover goods imported or exported without

FIRDSOCNE

Sax. In old English law. Exemption from military service. Spelman.

FIRST-CLASS

Of the most superior or excellent gnule or kind; belonging to the heador chief or numerically precedent of several classes into which the general subject is divided.

FLACO

A place covered with standing water.

FLICHWITE

In Saxon law. A fine on account of brawls and quarrels. Spelman.

FLUXUS

In old English law. IIow. 1’er fluxum ct reftii.ruin maris, by the llow andrellow of the sea. Dal. pi. 10.

FETUS

In medical jurisprudence. An unborn child. An infant in ventre sa mdre.

FONDS PERDUS

In French law. A capital is said to be invested d fonds perduswhen it is stipulated that in consideration of the payment of an amount as interest,higher than the normal rate, the

FORCE MAJEURE

Fr. In the law of insurance. Superior or irresistible force. Emerig. Tr. des Ass. c. 12.

FOREIGN

Belonging to another nation or country; belonging or attached to anotherjurisdiction; made, done, or rendered in another state or jurisdiction; subject to anotherjurisdiction; operating or solvable in another territory; extrinsic; outside ;

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