In Roman law. Lawful. Dies fasti, lawful days; days on which justice couldlawfully be administered by the praetor. See DIES FASTI.Fatetur facinus qni judicium fugit. 3 Inst. 14. He who flees judgment

The male parent. He by whom a child is begotten. As used in law, thisterm may (according to the context and the nature of the instrument) include a putativeas well as a

A nautical measure of six feet iu length. Occasionally used as a superficialmeasure of land and in mining, and in that case it means a square fathom or thirty-sixsquare feet. Nahaolelua v.

A whore. Du Fresne.

In old English law. Fatuity; idiocy. Reg. Orig. 200.

Lat. Fate; a superhuman power ; an event or cause of loss, beyond humanforesight or means of prevention.

One entirely destitute of reason; is Qui omnino desipit. Ersk. Inst. 1, 7, 48.

An idiot or fool. Bract, fol. 4206.Foolish; absurd; indiscreet; or ill considered. Fatuum judicium, a foolish judgment orverdict Applied to the verdict of a jury which, though false, was not criminally so,

In French law, and in Louisiana. A district or part of a town adjoiningthe principal city; a suburb. See City Council of Lafayette v. Hollaud, 18 La. 2S0.

(Jaws of the land.) Narrow headlands and promontories, inclosing aportion or arm of tlie sea within tliein. 1 Kent, Comm. .'{(iT, and note; Ilale, De JureMar. 10; The Harriet, 1 Story, 251,

In the civil law. Negligence; want of care. An improper act or omission,injurious to another, and transpiring through negligence, rashness, or ignorance.There are in law three degrees of faults.

Bias; partiality; lenity; prejudice. See CHALLENGE.Favorabilia in lege sunt fiscus, dos, vita, libertas. Jenk. Cent. 94. Things favorablyconsidered in law are the treasury, dower, life, liberty.Favorabiliores rei, potius quam ac- tores, habentur.

Faithful. Tenants by knight service swore to their lords to he fcal and leal; i.e., faithful aud loyal.

A right in Scotland, similar to the right of turbary in England, for fuel, etc.

In feudal law. Fidelity; allegiance to the feudal lord of the manor; thefeudal obligation resting upon the tenant or vassal by which he was bound to he faithfuland true to bis lord,

Apprehension of harm. Apprehension of harm or punishment, as exhibited by outward and visible marks of emotion. An evidence of guilt In certain cases. See Burrill, Circ. Ev. 476.

A doing; the doing of an act. See MALFEASANCE; MISFEASANCE; NONFEASANCE.A making; the making of an indenture, release, or obligation. Litt.

Doing, or making, as, in the term “damage feasant,” (doing damage orinjury,) spoken of cattle straying upon another’s laud.

Doer; maker. Feasors del estatute, makers of the statute. Dyer, 36. Alsoused in the compound term, “tort-feasor,” one who commits or is guilty of a tort.

Certain established festivals or holidays in the ecclesiastical calendar. Thesedays were anciently used as the dates of legal instruments, and in England the quarterdays,for paying rent, are four feast-days. The terms of