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FIVE-MILE ACT

An act of parliament, passed in 1665, against non-eonform- ists,whereby ministers of that body were prohibited from coming within five miles of anycorporate town, or place where they had preached or lectured.

FIX

To liquidate or render certain. To fasten a liability upon one. To transform apossible or contingent liability into a present and definite liability. Zimmerman v.Canfield. 42 Ohio St. 40S: Polk v. Minnehaha

FIXTURE

1. A fixture is a personal chattel substantially affixed to the land, but which may afterwards be lawfully removed therefrom by the party affixing it, or his representative, without the consent of

FLACO

A place covered with standing water.

FLAG

A national standard on which are certain emblems; an ensign; a banner. It iscarried by soldiers, ships, etc., and commonly displayed at forts and many othersuitable places.

FLAGELLAT

Whipped; scourged. Au entry on old Scotch records. 1 Pitc. Crim. Tr. pt.1, p. 7.

FLAGBANS

Lat Burning; raging; in actual perpetration.

FLAGRANT DELIT

In French law. A crime which Is in actual process of perpetrationor which has just been committed. Code d’Instr. Crim. art. 41.

FLAGRANT NECESSITY

A case of urgency rendering lawful an otherwise illegal act.as an assault to remove a man from impending danger.

FLASH CHECK

A check drawn upon a banker by a person who has no funds at thebanker’s and knows that such is the case.

FLAVIANUM JUS

In Roman law. The title of a book containing the forms of actions,published by Cneius Flavins. A. CJ. C. 440. Mackeld. Rom. Law,

FLEDWITE

A discharge or freedom from amercements where one, having been anoutlawed fugitive, cometh to the place of our lord of his own accord. Termes de la Ley.The liberty to hold court and

FLEE FROM JUSTICE

To leave one’s home, residence, or known place ot abode, orto conceal one’s self therein, with intent, in either case, to avoid detection or punishmentfor some public offense. Streep v. U. S

FLEE TO THE WALL

A metaphorical expression, used in connection with homicide done in self-defense, signifying the exhaustion of every possible means of escape, or of averting the assault, before killing the assailant.

FLEET

A place where the tide flows; a creek, or inlet of water; a company of shipsor navy ; a prison in Loudon, (so called from a river or ditch formerly in its

FLEMESWITE

The possession of the goods of fugitives. Fleta, lib. 1, c. 147.

FLET

In Saxon law. Land; a house; home.

FLETA

The name given to an ancient treatise on the laws of England, foundedmainly upon the writings of Bracton and Glanville, and supposed to have been writtenin the time of Edw. I. The

FLICHWITE

In Saxon law. A fine on account of brawls and quarrels. Spelman.

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