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.

(That you cause to be made.) In practice. A writ of executioncommanding the sheriff to levy and make the amount of a judgment from the goodsand chattels of the judgment debtor.

(I have caused to be made.) In practice. The name given to the returnmade by a sheriff or other officer to a writ of fieri facias, where he has collected thewhole, or

An encounter, with blows or other personal violence, between two persons.See State v. Gladden, 73 N. C. 155; Carpenter v. People, 31 Colo. 2S4, 72 Pac. 1072;Coles v. New York Casualty Co.,

Sax. A mulct or fine for making a quarrel to the disturbance of thepeace. Called also by Cowell “forisfactura BL.LAW DICT.(2D ED.)

An officer of the superior courts at Westminster, whose duty it was to filethe writs on which he made process. There were fourteen filacers, and it was their dutyto make out all

In old English practice. To file. Townsh. PI. 07.

n. A thread, string, or wire upon which writs and other exhibits in courts andoffices are fastened or filed for the more safe-keeping and ready turning to the same.Spelman ; Cowell; Tomlins.

Brit. A name given to villeins in the laws of Hoel Dda. Barring. Obs. St. 302.