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FRUSCA TERRA

In old records. Uncultivated and desert ground. 2 Mon. Angl. 327;Cowell.

FRUTECTUM

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

FRUTOS

In Spanish law. Fruits; products ; produce; grains ; profits. White, New Recop. b. 1, tit. 7, c. 5,

FRYMITH

In old English law. The affording harbor and entertainment to any one.

FRYTHE

Sax. In old English law. A plain between woods. Co. Litt. 56.An arm of the sea, or a strait between two lands. Cowell.

FUER

In old English law. Flight. It is of two kinds: (1) Fuer in fait, or in facto, wherea person does apparently and corporally flee; (2) fuer in lev, or in lege,when, being

FUERO

In Spanish law. A law; a code.A general usage or custom of a province, having the force of law. Strother v. Lucas,12 I’et. 440, 0 L. Ed. 1137. Ir contra fuero, to

FUGAM FECIT

Lat. He has made flight; he fled. A clause inserted In an inquisition,in old English law, meaning that a person indicted for treason or felony had fled. Theeffect of this is to

FUGITATE

In Scotch practice. To outlaw, by the sentence of a court; to outlaw fornon-appearance In a criminal case. 2 Alis. Crim. Pr. 350.

FUGITIVE

One who flees; always used in law with the implication of a flight, evasion,or escape from some duty or penalty or from the consequences of a misdeed.

FUGITIVUS

In the civil law. A fugitive ; a runaway slave. Dig. 11, 4; Cod. 6, 1. Seethe various definitions of this word in Dig. 21, 1, 17.

FUGUES

Fr. In medical jurisprudence. Ambulatory automatism. See AUTOMATISM.

FULL

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.

FULLY ADMINISTERED

The English equivalent of the Latin phrase “plcne atlministrault;”being a plea by an executor or administrator that he has completely and legallydisposed of all the assets of the estate, and has nothing

FUMAGE

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

FUNCTION

Office; duty; fulfillment of a definite end or set of ends by the correctadjustment of means. The occupation of an office. By the performance of its duties, theofficer is said to fill

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