In the civil law this term corresponds nearly to our “cestuique trust.” It designates a person wTho has the real or beneficial interest in an estate orfund, the title or administration of

In the civil law. A species of trust; being a gift of property(usually by will) to a person, accompanied by a request or direction of the donor thatthe recipient will transfer the

In the civil law. To order a thing upon one’s faith; to pledge one’sself; to become surety for another. Fide-jubesT Fide-jubco: Do you pledge yourself? Ido pledge myself. Inst. 3, 10, 1.

In Roman law. A guarantor; one who becomes responsible for thepayment of another’s debt, by a stipulation which binds him to discharge it If the principaldebtor fails to do so. Mackeld. Rom.

See FIDE-JUSSOB.

Lat Fealty, (q. v.)Fidelitas. De nnllo tenemento, quod tenetur ad terminum, fit homagii; fit tamen indefidelitatis sacramentnm. Co.Litt. 070. Fealty. For no tenement which Is held for a term is there the

Lat. To betray faith or fealty. A term used in feudal and old Englishlaw of a feudatory or feudal tenant who does not keep that fealty which he has swornto the lord.

Lat. Faith; honesty; confidence ; trust; veracity ; honor. Occurring In thephrases “bona fides,” (good faith,) “mala fides,” (bad faith,) and “uberrima fides,” (theutmost or most abundant good faith.)Fides est obligatio conscientiae

In Boman law. An early form of mortgage or pledge, in which both thetitle and possession of the property were passed to the creditor by a formal act of sale,(properly with the

An adjective having the same meaning as “fiduciary;” as, in the phrase”public or fiducial office.” Ky. St.

Iu Roman law. The elder brother of an emancipated pupilhut,whose father had died leaving him still under fourteen years of age.

The term is derived from the Roman law, and means (as a noun) a person holding the character of a trustee, or a character analogous to that of a trustee, In respect

A fee, food, or feud.

Fr. In Norman feudal law. A fief or fee held by the tenure ofknight-service; a knight’s fee. 2 Bl. Comm. 62.

In Spanish law. A sequestrator ; a person in whose hands a thing in dispute isjudicially deposited; a receiver. Las Par- tidas, pt. 3, tit. 9, 1. 1.

This term might well be considered as definite and certain a description as”close,” and might be used In law; but it is not a usual description in legal proceed ings.1 Chit Gen.

An officer elected, in England, by the owners of a regulated pastureto keep in order the fences, ditches, etc., on the land, to regulate the times duringwhich animals are to be admitted

In Spanish law. Sequestration. This is allowed in six cases by the Spanishlaw where the title to property is in dispute. Las Partidas, pt. 3, tit. 3, 1. 1.

Ancient Gothic courts of au inferior jurisdiction, so called. because four were instituted within every Inferior district or hundred. 3 Bl. Comm. 34.

Lat. To be made; to be done. See IN FIERI.