A Dictionary of Law

~LAW. The law which determines the constitution of government in a state, and prescribes and regulates the manner of its exercise; the organic law of a State; the constitution.

We found, One of the words by which a corporation may be created in Englind. 1 Bl. Comm. 473; 3 Steph. Comm. 173.

A founding or foundation.

A founder, (q. 2.)

The practice of borrowing money to defray the expenses of government, and creating a “sinking fund,” designed to keep down interest, and to effect the gradual reduction of the prin

Lands of inheritance.

Pioneers. Jacob.

In the civil and old English law. Land; land or ground generally; land, without considering its specific use; land, including buildings generally; a farm.

Money expended tn procuring the interment of a corpse.

Ano intention of stealing.

A fork. A gallows or gibbet. Bract. fol. 56.

In old English law. Gallows and pit, or pit and gallows. A term used in ancient charters to signify a jurisdiction of punishing thieves, viz., men by hanging, women by drowning. Sp

A fine or mulet paid for theft.. Furiosi nulla yoluntas est. A madman has no will. Dig. 50, 17, 40; Broom, Max. 314,

In Scotchlaw. Madness, as distinguished from fatuity or idiocy.

A furlong, or a furrow one-eighth part of a milelong. Ca, Litt. 5d.

A measure of length, being forty poles, or one-eiglith of a mile.

Leave of absence; especlally, leave given to a military or naval officer, or soldier or seaman, to be absent from service tor « certain time. Also the document granting leave of ab

Lat. In the civillaw. A manifest thief. A thief who is taken in the very act of stealing.

This term includes that which furnishes, or with which anything is furnished or supplied; whatever must be supplied to a house, a room, or the like, to make it habitable, convenien

Thisterm Includes everything with which a ship requires to be furnished or equipped to make her seaworthy; it comprehends all articles furnished by ship-chandlers, which are almost

Formerly an inn of chancery. See Inns OF CHANCERY. Furor contrahi mairimonium non ainit, quia consensu opus est. Insanity 1 Ves. & 13. 140; 1 Bl. Comm. 489; 4 Jobns. Ch. 543, 345.

Inold Englishlaw. Time to advise or take counsel. Jacob,

A second or subsequent loan of money to a mortgagor by a mortyagee, either upon the same security as the original loan was advanced upon, or an additional security. Equity consider

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In English practice, upon a motion for judgment or application for a new trial, the court may, if it shall be of opinion that it has not sufficient materials before it to enablo it

When a master ordinary in chancery made a report in pursuance of a decree or decrelal order, the cause was again set down before the judge who made the decree or order, to be proce

In practice. Hearing at another time. FURTHER MAINTENANCE OF

Inold Englishlaw. Stealthlly; by stealth. Fleta, lib. 1, c. 38, § 3.

Lat. Theft. The fraudu- Jent appropriation to one’s self of the property of another, withan intention to commit theft without the consent of the owner. Fleta, 1. 1, c. 36; Bract. f

In Roman law. The theft which was disclosed where, upon searching any one in the presence of witnesses in due form, the thing stolen was discovered in his possession. Furtum est co

In Secotehlaw. An aggravated degree of theft, anciently punished with death. It still remains an open point what amount of value raises the theft to this serious denomination. 1 Br

Open theft. Theft where a thief ts caught with the property in his possession. LBracé. fol. 1506, Furtum non est ubi initinm habet detentionis per dominium rei. 3 Inst. 107. There

In the civil law. Offered theft. Obdlatuwm furtum dicitur cum ves furtiva ab aliquo tibt oblata sit, eaqgue apud te concepta sit. Theft is called “oblatum” when a thing stolen is o

Inold English law. A beating with sticks or clubs; one of the ancient kinds of punishment of malefactors. Bract. fol. 1048, lib. 3, tr. 1, ¢. 6.

In old English law. A staff, used in making livery of seisin. Braet, fol. 40. A baton, elup, or cudgel.

In Scotch law. A debt which is created, but which will not be-

One of the fines incurred for homicide.

<A bow-net for catching fish. Pub. St. Mass. 1882, p. 1291.

In old Scotch law. To defile; to declare toul or defiled. Hence, to find a prisoner guilty.

In old Scotch practice. Fyled; found guilty. See Fy.

Sax. An offense or trespass fur which the fine or compensation wus reserved fo theking’s pleasure. Its nature is not known.

The military array or land force of the whole country. Contribution to the fyrd was one of the imposts forming the trinoda necessitas. FYRD-WiTH. The fine incurred by Go G. Inthe L