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FREE ON BOARD

A sale of goods “free on board” imports that they are to be delivered on board the cars, vessels, etc., without expense to the buyer for packing, cartage, or other such charges.In

FREEDMAN

In Roman law. One who was set free from a state of bondage; anemancipated slave. The word is used in the same sense in the United States, respectingnegroes who were formerly slaves.

FREEDOM

The state of being free; liberty; self-determination; absence of restraint;the opposite of slavery.The power of acting, in the character of a moral personality, according to thedictates of the will, without other check,

FREEHOLD

An estate in land or other real property, of uncertain duration; that is,either of inheritance or which may possibly last for the life of the tenant at the least, (asdistinguished from a

FREEMAN

This word has had various meanings at different stages of history. In the Roman law, it denoted one who was either born free or emancipated and was the opposite of “slave.” In

FREIGHT

Freight is properly the price or compensation paid for the transportationof goods by a carrier, at sea, from port to port. Rut the term is also used to denote thehire paid for

FREIGHTER

In maritime law. The party by whom a vessel is engaged or chartered ;otherwise called the “charterer.” 2 Steph. Comm. 148. In French law, the owner of avessel is called the “freighter,”

FRENCHMAN

In early times, in English law, this term was applied to every strangeror “outlandish” man. Bract lib. 3, tr. 2, c. 15.

FRENDLESMAN

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

FRENDWITE

In old English law. A mulct or fine exacted from him who harbored anoutlawed friend. Cowell; Tomlins.

FRENETICUS

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

FREOBORGH

A free-surety, or free- pledge. Spelman. See FRANK-PLEDGE.

FREQUENT

r. To visit often; to resort to often or habitually. Green v. State, 109Ind. 175. 9 X. E. 781; State v. Ah Sana, 14 Or. 347, 13 Pae. 303.Frequentia actns multnm operatur.The

FRERE

Fr. A brother. Frcre eyne, elder brother. Frcre puisne, younger brother. Rritt.c. 75.

FRESCA

In old records. Fresh water, or rain and land flood.

FRESH

Immediate; recent; following without any material interval.

FRESHET

A flood, or overflowing of a river, by means of rains or melted snow; an inundation. Stover v. Insurance Co., 3 Phila. (Pa.) 42; Harris v. Social Mfg. Co., 9 It. I.99.

FRETER

Fr. In French marine law. To freight a ship; to let it. Emerig. Tr. des Ass. c. 11,

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