Ballentine's Law Dictionary
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The coinage of money.
- Fabricaredefined inBallentine's (1916)Black's (1910)Kinney (1893)Black's (1891)Stimson (1881)Burrill (1850)
To fabricate; to coin money; to make false coins.
To forge; to counterfeit.
- Fabric landsdefined inCyclopedic (1922)Ballentine's (1916)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Kinney (1893)Black's (1891)Stimson (1881)Burrill (1850)
Lands contributed for support of cathedrals and churches.
- Fabuladefined inCyclopedic (1922)Ballentine's (1916)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Black's (1891)Burrill (1850)
A covenant; a contract.
That which appears on a document, pleading, writ or other paper.
- Faceredefined inBallentine's (1916)Black's (1910)Kinney (1893)Black's (1891)Stimson (1881)Burrill (1850)
To do; to make; to act; to cause.
The apparent value of a commercial paper. See 38 S. C. 238, 17 S. E. 49.
You do it.
Doing.
Face, which see.
- Facilitydefined inCase LawU.S. CodeCyclopedic (1922)Ballentine's (1916)Black's (1910)Kinney (1893)Black's (1891)
(Scotch) Mental unsoundness warranting guardianship.
Crime makes equal those whom it levels.
I do that you may give.
I do that you may do.
He does.
A precise copy.
- Factdefined inBallentine's (1916)Black's (1910)Kinney (1893)Black's (1891)Anderson (1889)Burrill (1850)Bouvier (1839)
A deed; an act.
- Factadefined inCyclopedic (1922)Ballentine's (1916)Black's (1910)Kinney (1893)Black's (1891)Burrill (1850)
Facts; deeds; acts.
Deeds are more powerful than words.
Deeds contain many things which are prohibited being done.
The making of a will.
- Factodefined inCyclopedic (1922)Ballentine's (1916)Black's (1910)Kinney (1893)Burrill (1850)Bouvier (1839)
In fact; in deed.
- Factordefined inCase LawCyclopedic (1922)Ballentine's (1916)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Kinney (1893)Black's (1891)Anderson (1889)Stimson (1881)Burrill (1850)
One whose regular business is to sell consigned goods on commission; a garnishee. See 120 Wis. 405, 102 Am. St. Rep. 991, 98 N. W. 235.
- Factoragedefined inCyclopedic (1922)Ballentine's (1916)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Black's (1891)Burrill (1850)Bouvier (1839)
The commissions paid a factor.
To attach one’s goods in the hands of a third party. See 19 R. I. 220, 33 Atl. 147. See, also, Garnish.
- Factorizing processdefined inCyclopedic (1922)Ballentine's (1916)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Kinney (1893)Black's (1891)Stimson (1881)
See Factorize .
- Factors' actsdefined inCyclopedic (1922)Ballentine's (1916)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Black's (1891)
Statutes providing for factors’ liens for advances and for their enforcement against bills of lading.
- Factorydefined inCyclopedic (1922)Ballentine's (1916)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Kinney (1893)Black's (1891)Anderson (1889)
An association of factors formed for their common welfare.
- Factumdefined inCyclopedic (1922)Ballentine's (1916)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Kinney (1893)Stimson (1881)Burrill (1850)
A fact; an act; a deed.
- Factum a judice quod ad ejus officium non spectat, non ratum estdefined inBallentine's (1916)Black's (1910)
The act of a judge which does not belong to his office is void.
The act of a judge which does not pertain to his office is void.
One,s act ought to harm himself and not his adversary.
A thing done cannot be undone.
The denial of a fact requires no proof.
A thing is not called done which is not finished.
Facts to be proved.
A probative fact.
The deed is considered instead of the intent.
The act of one should not harm another.
The right of making proof is not to be curtailed.
His financial abilities and earning capacity with reference to the fixing of his wife’s alimony.
- Facultydefined inCyclopedic (1922)Ballentine's (1916)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Kinney (1893)Burrill (1850)Bouvier (1839)
Authority of a representative.
- Faculty of Advocatesdefined inCyclopedic (1922)Ballentine's (1916)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Black's (1891)
An association of lawyers practicing in the highest courts of Scotland.
Vassals.
The punishment by burning alive.
Illegal votes.
Spirit of revenge.
To refuse; to neglect; to become insolvent; to become worthless, as consideration. See 156 Ind. 66, 83 Am. St. Rep. 150, 59 N. E. 281.
A party's failure to produce a record after pleading it.
Bankruptcy.
- Failuredefined inBallentine's (1916)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Black's (1891)Anderson (1889)Bouvier (1839)
Suspension of payment by a bank. (See 97 U. S. 171, 24 L. Ed. 944); negligence. See 81 Minn. 103, 83 N. W. 483.
- Failure of considerationdefined inCase LawCyclopedic (1922)Ballentine's (1916)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Black's (1891)
Deterioration or worthlessness of a consideration apparently good originally. See 156 Ind. 66, 83 Am. St. Rep. 150, 59 N. E. 281.
- Failure of issuedefined inCyclopedic (1922)Ballentine's (1916)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Black's (1891)
Lack of child or children. See 142 Pa. 432, 24 Am. St. Rep. 507, 21 Atl. 826.
Same as Feigned action.
Collusive pleading.
To make to know.
Actual cash value. See 126 111. 329, 9 Am. St. Rep. 598, 18 N. E. 804.
To do; to make.
Justly; rightly.
- Fair-play mendefined inCyclopedic (1922)Ballentine's (1916)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Black's (1891)
A court held in Pennsylvania before the Revolution.
- Fair pleaderdefined inCyclopedic (1922)Ballentine's (1916)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Burrill (1850)
Same as Beaupleader.
Not pleading fairly or properly; bad pleading.
The navigable part of a harbor or river.
Doing.
A fact; a deed; an act.
- Fait enrolledefined inCyclopedic (1922)Ballentine's (1916)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Black's (1891)
An enrolled deed.
See Full faith and credit .
- Faitoursdefined inCyclopedic (1922)Ballentine's (1916)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Kinney (1893)Black's (1891)Burrill (1850)
Vagrants.
- Falcaredefined inBallentine's (1916)Black's (1910)Kinney (1893)Black's (1891)Stimson (1881)Burrill (1850)
To mow.
(Spanish) A fourth of an inheritance.
- Falcidian lawdefined inCyclopedic (1922)Ballentine's (1916)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Black's (1891)Anderson (1889)Burrill (1850)
A Roman statute of 714 A. D. restricting the disposition of property by will.
- Falcidian portiondefined inCyclopedic (1922)Ballentine's (1916)Black's (1910)Black's (1891)Burrill (1850)
The fourth of a succession which the testamentary heir was authorized to retain if the legacies absorbed more than three-fourths of it. See Civ. Code La. 1900.
A sheep trail.
- Faldagedefined inCyclopedic (1922)Ballentine's (1916)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Kinney (1893)Stimson (1881)Burrill (1850)
The lord’s right to have his tenant’s sheep manure his land; a fee paid by the tenant for exemption therefrom.
A flock of sheep.
Same as Faldage.
flame as Faldage.
One who has attained age entitling him to admission to a decennary.
Same as Folc-land.
- Falldefined inCyclopedic (1922)Ballentine's (1916)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Kinney (1893)Black's (1891)Anderson (1889)
To become the property of. See 11 Pa. St. 370.
(Spanish) A final judgment.
- Fall of landdefined inCyclopedic (1922)Ballentine's (1916)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Black's (1891)
(Scotch) One. one-hundred and sixtieth part of an acre.
Land left uncultivated to recuperate.
Erroneous description.
An erroneous description will not nullify a legacy. See 3 Bradf. (N. Y.) 144.
Erroneous description does not injure. See 99 Tex. 391, 13 Ann. Cas. 1020, 2 L. R. A. (N. S.) 548, 89 S. W. 1057.
An erroneous description is harmless when it is clear as to the individual.
Faulty grammar will not vitiate a deed.
- Falsa monetadefined inCyclopedic (1922)Ballentine's (1916)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Black's (1891)
Counterfeit money.
Faulty spelling, or faulty grammar will not vitiate a grant.
To counterfeit.
A counterfeiter.
- False actiondefined inCyclopedic (1922)Ballentine's (1916)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Black's (1891)Burrill (1850)
Same as Feigned action.
An unsuccessful appeal of felony.
- False characterdefined inCyclopedic (1922)Ballentine's (1916)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Black's (1891)
A fraudulent letter of recommendation furnished one seeking employment as a servant.
(Spanish) Falsity; deception; fraud.
- False imprisonmentdefined inCyclopedic (1922)Ballentine's (1916)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Black's (1891)Stimson (1881)Burrill (1850)Bouvier (1839)
The unlawful arrest and detention of one’s person with or without warrant or other process, or an unlawful restraint upon his person, or control over the freedom of his movements b
A writ to correct an error of an inferior English court.
An error in the use of Latin in which all proceedings were formerly written.