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

The nearest approach to a system of international law known to theancient world. It was a branch of Boman jurisprudence, concerned with embassies, declarationsof war, and treaties of peace. It received this

Among the ancient Itomans, that order of priests who discharged the dutiesof ambassadors. Subsequently their duties appear to have related more particularlyto the declaring war and peace. Calvin.; 1 Kent, Comm. 6.

In constitutional law. A term commonly used to express a league or compact between two or more states.In American law. Belonging to the general government or union of the states.Founded on or

1. A freehold estate in lands, held of a superior lord, as a reward for services,and on condition of rendering some service in return for it. The trite meaning of theword “fee”