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In old records. Grass; herbage. 2 Mon. Angl. 9066; Cowell.
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In old records. Grass; herbage. 2 Mon. Angl. 9066; Cowell.
In medical jurisprudence. Destruction of the feet us; the act by whichcriminal abortion is produced. 1 Beck, Med Jur. 288; Guy, Med. Jur. 133.
In the civil law. The produce of animals, and the fruit of other property,which are acquired to the owner of such animals and property by virtue of his rightBowyer, Mod. Civil Law,
In medical jurisprudence. An unborn child. An infant in ventre sa mdre.
In maritime law. Any atmospheric condition (including not only fog properly socalled, but also mist or falling snow) which thickens the air, obstructs the view, and soIncreases the perils of navigation. Flint
In French feudal law. Faith; fealty. Guyot, Inst Feod. c. 2.
In old English law. The fawning of deer. Spelman.
In old Scotch law. To forfeit 1 How. State Tr. 927.
In old Scotch law. Forethought; premeditated. 1 Pitc. Crim. Tr. pL 1, p. 90
Vagabonds. Blount.
In Saxon law. Land of the folk or people. Land belonging to the peopleor the public.Folc-land was the property of the community. It might be occupied in common, orpossessed in severalty; and,
A general assembly of tbe people, under the Saxons. See FOLC-GEMOTE.
In English law. Land to which the sole right of folding the cattle ofothers is appurtenant. Sometimes it means merely such right of folding. The right offolding on another’s land, which is
Menial servants; followers. Bract.
In old English law. A freeman, who has no house or dwelling of his own,but is the follower or retainer of another, (heorthfacst,) for whom he performs certainpredial services.
1. A leaf. In the ancient lawbooks it was the custom to number the leaves,instead of the pages; hence a folio would include both sides of the leaf, or two pages.The references
See FOLC-LAND; FOLC-GEMOTE.
To conform to, comply with, or be fixed or determined by; as in the expressions”costs follow the event of the suit,” “the situs of personal property followsthat of the owner,” “the offspring
Fr. In French law. Goods and effects. Adams v. Akerlund, 108111. 632. 48 N. E. 454.
In French law. A capital is said to be invested d fonds perduswhen it is stipulated that in consideration of the payment of an amount as interest,higher than the normal rate, the
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