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FUNDAMENTAL LAW

The law which determines the constitution of government in astate, and prescribes and regulates the manner of Its exercise; the organic law of astate; the constitution.

FUNDUS

In the civil and old English law. Land; land or ground generally; land.without considering its specific use; land, including buildings generally; a farm.

FUNGIBLE THINGS

Movable goods which may be estimated and replaced accordingto weight, measure, and number. Things belonging to a class, which do not have to bedealt with in specie.Those things one specimen of which

FUR

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

FURCA

In old English law. A fork. A gallows or gibbet. Bract fol. 56.

FURIGELDUM

A fine or mulct paid for theft.Furiosi nulla voluntas est. A madman has no will. Dig. 50, 17, 40; Broom, Max. 314.

FURIOSUS

Lat. An insane man; a madman; a lunatic.Furiosus absentia loco est. A madman is the same with an absent person, [that Is,his presence Is of no effect.] Dig. 50, 17, 24, 1.Furiosus

FURLINGUS

A furlong, or a furrow one-eighth part of a mile long. Co. Litt. 5&.

FURLONG

A measure of length, being forty poles, or one-eighth of a mile.

FURLOUGH

Leave of absence; especially. leave given to a military or naval officer,or soldier or seaman, to be absent from service for a certain time. Also the documentgranting leave of absence.

FURNISH

To supply; provide; provide for use. Delp v. Brewing Co., 123 Pa. 42, 15Atl. 871; Wyatt v. Larimer & “W. Irr. Co., 1 Colo. App. 480. 29 Pac. 906. As used in

FURNITURE

This term includes that which furnishes, or with which anything is furnished or supplied; whatever must be supplied to a house, a room, or the like, to make it habitable, convenient, or

FURNIVAL’S INN

Formerly an inn of chancery. See INNS OF CHANCERY.Furor contrahi matrimonium non sinit, quia consensu opus est. Insanityprevents marriage from being contracted, because consent is needed. Dig. 23, 2, 16, 2;1 Ves.

FURST AND FONDUNG

In old English law. Time to advise or take counsel, Jacob.FURTHER. In most of its uses in law, this term means additional, though occassionallyit may mean any. future, or other. See London

FURTHERANCE

In criminal law, furthering, helping forward, promotion, or advancementof a criminal project or conspiracy. Powers v. Comm., 114 Ky. 237, 70 S. W. 652.

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