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

In Spanish law. Any tribute or loan granted to the king for the purposeof enabling him to defray the expenses of a war.

A fountain or spring. Bract, fol. 233.

1. A measure of length containing twelve inches or one-third of a yard.2. The base, bottom, or foundation of anything; and, by metonomy, the end ortermination; as the foot of a fine.

The fifth part of the conclusion of a fine. It includes the wholematter, reciting the names of the parties, day. year, and place, and before whom it wasacknowledged or levied. 2 Bl.

In the forest law. An aniereenient for not cutting out the ball or cutting off the claws of a dog’s feet, (expeditatinghim.) To be quit of footgeld is to have the privilege

In the law of evidence. Impressions made upon earth, snow, orother surface by the feet of persons, or by the shoes, boots, or other covering of thefeet. Burrill, Circ. Ev. 204.

Fr. In French law. A tribunal. Lc for intcricur, the interior forum; the tribunal ofconscience. Poth. Obi. pt. 1, c. 1,

Straw when the corn is threshed out. Cowell.

One from without; a foreigner ; a stranger. Calvin.

In old records. A fore- balk ; a balk (that is, an unplowed piece of land) lying forward or next the highway. Cowell.

A pirate; an outlaw; one banished.

L. Fr. To bar out; to preclude; hence, to estop.

In old English law. The aggressor slain in combat Jacob.