Category: F

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

L. Fr. A franchise.

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

See AMICUS CURLE.

Sax. In Saxon law. A chief seat, or mansion house. Cowell.

Ample; complete; perfect; mature ; not wanting in any essential quality.Mobile School Com’rs v. Putnam, 44 Ala. 537; Reed v. Hazleton, 37 Kan. 321, 15 Pac.177; Quinn v. Donovan, 85 111. 195.

Lat. A thief. One who stole secretly or without force or weapons, as opposed to robber.

In old English law. A beating with sticks or clubs; one of the ancientkinds of punishment of malefactors. Bract fol. 1046, lib. 3. tr. 1, c. 6.

(Lat. I do that you may give.) A species of contract in the civil law(being one of the innominate contracts) which occurs when a man agrees to performanything for a price either

Approved men who were strong-armed; habentes homines or richmen, men of substance; pledges or bondsmen, who, by Saxon custom, were bound toanswer for each other’s good behavior. Cowell ; Du Cange.

In old English law. To mow. Falcare prata, to mow or cut grass in meadowslaid iu for hay. A customary service to the lord by his Inferior tenants.Jus falcandi, the right of

In Spanish law. The final decree or judgment given in a controversy at law.

Lat. In the civil law. A false or forged tiling; a fraudulent simulation; afraudulent counterfeit or imitation, such as a forged signature or instrument. Alsofalsification, which may be either by falsehood, concealment

A mill; a toll of meal or flour. Jacob; Spelman.

A whore. Du Fresne.

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 divorce obtained out of the state or country where the marriage was solemnized. 2Kent, Comm. 100, et seq.

One which was prepared or executed in, or which comes from, a foreign state or country.

A domicile established by a citizen or subject o f one sovereignty within the territory of another.