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FOWLS OF WARREN

Such fowls as are preserved under the game laws in warrens.According to Manwood, these are partridges and pheasants. According to Coke, theyare partridges, rails, quails, woodcocks, pheasants, mallards, and herons. Co. Litt.

FOX’S LIBEL ACT

In English law. This was the statute 52 Geo. III. c. 00, whichsecured to juries, upon the trial of indictments for libel, the right of pronouncing ageneral verdict of guilty or not

FR

A Latin abbreviation for “fragmen- turn,” a fragment, used in citations to theDigest or Pandects in the Corpus Juris Oi- vilis of Justinian, the several extracts fromjuristic writings of which it is

FRACTIO

Lat. A breaking; division; fraction; a portion of a thing less than the whole.

FRACTION

A breaking, or breaking up; a fragment or broken part; a portion of athing, less than the whole. Jory v. Palace Dry Goods Co., 30 Or. 196, 46 Pac. 786.

FRACTIONAL

As applied to tracts of land, particularly townships, sections, quartersections, and other divisions according to the government survey, and also miningclaims, this term means that the exterior boundary lines are laid down

FRACTURA NAVTUM

Lat. The breaking or wreck of ships; the same as naufragium, (q. v.)

FRAIS

Fr. Expense; charges; costs. Frais d’un proems, costs of a suit.

FRANC

A French coin of the value of a little over eighteen cents.

FRANC ALEU

In French feudal law. An allod; a free inheritance; or an estate heldfree of any services except such as wer

FRANCHISE

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

FRANCIGENA

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

FRANCUS

L. Lat Free; a freeman; a Frank. Spelman.

FRANK

v. To send matter through the public mails free of postage, by a personal or official privilege.

FRANKING PRIVILEGE

The privilege of sending certain matter through the public mails without payment of postage. In pursuance of a personal or official privilege. TLD Example: The franking privilege makes it easier for lawmakers to

FRANKLEYN

(spelled, also, “Francling” and “Franklin.”) A freeman; a freeholder; a gentleman. Blount; Cowell.

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