A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Lat. Inold Eng. lish law. Inhabitants of Flanders; Flemings. Sicut de terris Kormannorum et Flandrentium. Bract, fol. 87 b.

Lat. In the Roman law. The title of a book containing the forms of actions, published by Cneius Flavins, A. U. C. 449. 1 Mackeld. Civ. Law, 24, § 35. Calvin's Lex. Jurid.

Sax. [from fled, a fugitive, and wite, a fine.] In Saxon and old English law. A mulct or fine set upon an outlaw or fugitive, as the price of obtaining the king's pardon and peace.

A prison in London, so called from Fleet river or ditch, near which it stood. Selden's Diss, ad Flet. c, 10, sect. 3. Formerly the prison of the court of chancery and the common pl

Flema, Flyma, Fleman. [Sax. fiyma, fiyman.] In Saxon and old English law. A fugitive bondman or villein. Spelman. The privilege of having the goods and fines of fugitives. Id.

Sax. Blount makes this to be properly flymenafyrmthe, (Sax. flyma, a fugitive, and fyrmthe, a receiving;) the receiving or relieving a fugitive. LL. Ince, c. 29, 47. LL. Hen. I. c.

Sax. [from flyma, a fugitive, and wite, a fine.] In Saxon and old English law. A fine imposed upon a fugitive. Spelman, voc. Flema.

Flymenfirma. Sax. & L. Lat. [from Sax. flymen, fugitives, and firma, from feorme, food.] In Saxon and old English law. The sustenance or support of fugitives, or outlaws. LL. Hen.

Sax. [from fleme, flight, and wite, a fine.] The same as flemenestowe, (q. v.) The liberty of having or claiming the chattels of a fugitive. Blount.

The title of an ancient treatise on English law, written in the reign of Edward I. 2 Reeves' Hist. of Law, 280. Crabb's Hist. 198. Its full title is Fleta, seu Commentarius Juris A

Lat. [from Sax. fleoien^ to float or flow.] In old English law. An estuary; a stream, canal or tiitch, where the tide ebbs and flows; {cestuarium, fluentum, seu canalis quern aqua

Flet, Sax. In old English law. Land. Co. Litt. 4 a. A house. Blount, voc. Flem dt Fleth.

FletwiU, Sax. [Scotch fliehtmte; from Sax. flit, strife; and vnte, a fine.] In Saxon and old English law. A fine or mulct imposed on accotmt of brawk and quarrels, {mulcta ob conie

High water mark. Anderson's R, 189. Blount.

Such things as, by accident, float or swim on the top of the sea, or great rivers. Blount.

Lat A fleet. Flota navium; a fleet of ships. Blount, Toums. PL 68.

Lat. Floating. Towns. PI. 68.

Floatsam, Flotsm. [from Sax. fleolen, to float.] Floating on the water. Goods lost by shipwreck, and which lie floating on the top of the water. CowelL Blount. Termes de la ley, 5

(pi. Flymen.) Sax. A fugitive or outlaw. Spelman, voc. Flema.

Lat [from focus, a hearth.] In old English law. Firewood, or fuel. Cowell. Towns. PI. 68.

Foderus, Fodrum, Fodrus. L. Lat. [Sax. foder.] In old English law. Food for cattle; fodder. Spelman. Calvin calls it a German word. In feudal law. A contribution of corn or grain f

Lat.. Ami De. Co.Litt.QsL.

Lat. In old records. Grass; herbage. 2 Mon. Angl. 906 b. Coufell^

j, ^^^ English law. The fawnmg ^^ ^^^ Spelman.

Folkland. Sax. [from Jble, people, and land.] In Saxon law. Land of the people or public, {terra popularis.) Spelman. So called, either because usually distributed among the common

Fo Uemote, Folcgemok. Sax. [(rom/ole, people, and mote, or gemote^ meeting.] In Saxon law. A meeting of the people; a general assembly of the peopie, to consider and order matters

Folhright. [Sax. /ofcrihte; from folc, people, and rihte, right.] Common ri^ht; that which is equally the the right ofalL* This word occurs in the laws of King Edward the elder, «a

See Faldage.

[L. Lat. faldae cursus.] In English law. Land used as a sheep walk. Hargr. Co. Litt. note 23, lib. 1. Land to which is appurtenant the sole right of folding the cattle of others. I

Fulgare. L. Lat. [from Sax./oZ^an, to sei*ve or follow.] In Saxon law. To establish one's self in a friborg or frankpledge, {promtere se in aliquo coniuberniotfriborga, seu fidejus

Folgeres. L. Lat. [from Sax. folger, a follower.] In Saxon law. Followers; retainers; dependents or servants. Spelman, LL. Hen, I. c. 9, cited ibid.

Sax. In old English law. Followers or servants. Alii qui illis deterviunt, qui dicuntur folgheres. BracL fol. 124 b.

[from Lat. folium, a leaf.] A leaf of a book or manuscript. In old practice. A leaf or sheet of parchment or paper, containing a certain number of words. In modern practice. A cert

Lat. A fountain or sprmg. Bract, fol. 233. FOOT of a fine. In old conveyancing. The conclusion of a fine, reciting the parties, day, year and place, and before whom it was acknowle

[geld, Sax. a payment or fine.] In old English law. An amerciament for not cutting out the balls of dogs' feet in the forest. Termes de la ley. Manwood, c. 26, num. 3. Cowell.

Fore, Fors. L. Fr. [from Lat. /om.] Out; without. See Fors.

Lat. [from /om, without.] One from without; a foreigner; a stranger. Calv. Lex. Jur.

[from Sax. for, and a Xhe, oath.] In old forest law. One who could swear or make oath for another. Spelman.

Lat. In old records. A forebalk; a balk (diat is, an unploughed piece of land,) lying forward or next the highway. Coioell.

Forisbannitus. L. Lat. [from Ital. fore, Lat. foras, without, and bannitus, proclaimed, proscribed.] In old European law. Banished; outlawed. Spelman. LL. Longob. lib. 1, tit. 26,

Lat. Proscription; banishment. Spelman, voc. Farbannitus. LL. Longob. lib. 1, tit. 26, 1. 63, cited ibid.

Fr. In old English law. To bar out; to prevent or preclude; to estop.* To bar or deprive forever. Stat. 9 Bic. II. c. 2. Stat. 6 Jlen. VL c. 4. Cowell. Forbarres; barred, prevented

Forbatudus. L. Lat [from Sax. fore, before, and Fr. batre, to beat or strike.] In old European law. The first striker; he who struck the first blow, (primus feriens,) or offered th

Fr. & Bng. [L. Lat./oreia,fartia; Lat. tn>.] Strength; compulsory power; mere strength or power exercised without law, or contrary to law; violence.* — An offence by which violence

[L. Fr. force et armes; L. Lat. vis et arma.] A phrase in the old law of trespass and disseisin, importing that the act was committed by multitude of people, with arms or weapons o

Fr. & Eng. [Lat. vis.] Validity; efficacy; power in law to bind or coerce. An obligation or law is said to be "of force," or "in force" so long as compliance with it can be lawfull

Fr. [L. Lat. /orfco.] In old English law. A technical term applied to a species of accessory before the fact. Stat. Westm. I, c. 14. See Fortia.

Fr. A fortress. Stat. Westm. 1, c. 17.

L. Lat. In old English law. A strong box, or chest for keeping papers. Quare quoddam forcerium vel cistam fregit. Reg. Orig. 94 b, 95.

Fr. In old practice. To divide, in the process of essoining; to fourch. Stat. Westm. 1, c. 43. See Fourcher.

The offence of violently keeping possession of lands and tenements, [either after a peaceable or forcible entry,] with menaces, force and arms, and without the authority of law. 4

An entry with strong hand, or with multitude of people, as distinguished from a peaceable entry. Stat. 5 Ric. II. c. 8. 2 N. Y. Rev. St. [507,] 418, § 1. — A violent actual entry i

Foreclore. L. Fr. [from for, out, and clore, to shut.] To shut out, or exclude; to foreclose. Et forclorra le frere et la soer; and shall shut out the brother and the sister. Britt

Lat. In old records. A ford or shallow, made by damming or penning up the water. Cowell,

Sax. [L. Le Ltforda HaJordalis; from Sax. for, before, and dal, a part or portion.] In old records. A front piece or head of land; a headland or butt.* Cowell.

[from Germ, bor, or 8az. fore, before, and Hannen, to assault.] In old European law. He who first assaulted another. Spelman,

Lat. In old records. Grass or herbage growing on the edge or bank of dykes or ditches. Cowell.

Sax. Before.

Lat. Ffrom Sax. fore, before, and eeapan, to buy.] In old records. Pre-emption. Blount,

[from L. Fr. forclorer, T.] To shut out or exclude; to bar. 2 Inst. 298. Stat. 33 Hen. VIII. c. 39. In equity practice. To bar an equity of redemption. 1 Steph. Com. 284. 1 Daniell

In equity practice. The process of barring the equity of redemption of a mortgagor, by filing a bill for that purpose, called a bill of foreclosure. 2 Barbour's Chanc. Fr. 171, 186

See Forehand rent.

In English law. A kind of premium paid by a tenant on taking a lease. Sometimes called foregift, but more usually a fine, 1 Crahb's Real Frqp. 171, § 155.

Forein. [from L. Fr.forein, foret/n, forain; Lat forinseeus; from forts, without, on the outside.] That which is without or beyond the limits of a particular territory, district or

[L. Lat/orwiseca responsio.'] In old English practice. An answer which was not triable in the county where it was made. Stat. 15 Hen. VI. c. 6. Cowell, voc. Foreign.

(or OPPOSER) L. l Aiii. forinseeus oppoeitor.l In old Eng- Bs] ' h law. An officer in 4>he exchequer whose busi Dess was to examine sberiffs' estreats with the record. So called, a

An assignment made in a foreign country, or in another state. 2 JSTent's Com. 405 — 408, and notes.

\L. Lat. attachiamentum forinsecum.] In English practice. An attachment of the property of a foreign or absent debtor.* A judicial proceeding peculiar to certain cities and towns i

A bill of exchange drawn in one state or country, upon a foreign state or country. Story on Bills, § 22. A bill of exchange drawn in one country, upon another country not governed

A corporation created by or under the laws of another state, government or country.* 2 N. Y. Rev. Stat. [469,] 376, § 16.

In practice. Another county in the same state; whether remote or adjacent.* Stat. Westm. 1, c. 46. See Foreign answer, Foreign matter. Foreign jury.

A divorce obtained out of the state or country where the marriage was solemnized. 2 Kent's Com. 106, et seq.

The statute 69 Geo. III. c. 09, prohibiting the enlistment, as a soldier or sailor, in any foreign service. 4 Steph. Com, 226.

An alien; the opposite of citizen. 1 Peters* R, 343. A person bom in and owing allegiance to. a foreign state or country.* A foreigner who becomes a citizen is no longer a foreigne

A judgment obtained in a foreign court, or in the court of a foreign country. 2 Kent*s Com, 118 — 121 and notes.

In practice. A jury from another, or foreign county. 1 Burr.Pr, 211,442.

The law of a foreign country or state. The laws of another state fof the American Union] are to be proved, like foreign laws. 1 Raw Wi B. 386. U. S. Digest db Supplement, Foreign l

In old practice. Matter triable or done in another county..Cowell, voc. Foreign,

[L. Lat. forinsecum placitum.] In old pleading. A plea objecting to a judge as incompetent, because the matter in hand was not within his precinct. Kitch. 76. Stat. 4 Hen. VIII. c.

A port exclusively within the sovereignty of a foreign nation. 2 Qalliso We R. 4, 7. Id. 601. Marshall, C. J., 1 Brock. R. 236, 239. A foreign port or place is a port or place with

[L. Lat. forinsecum servitium.] In old English law. The service by which a mesne lord held over of another, without (foris) the compass of his own fee. Bro. Abr. Tenures, fol. 28,

A state occupying a foreign territory, or not comprised within the limits of another state or nation. An Indian nation occupying a territory within the acknowledged boundaries of t

A voyage to some port or place within the territory of a foreign nation. 3 Kent's Com. 177, note. 1 Gallison's R. 66. The terminus of a voyage determines its character; if it be wi

An old form of foreign, (q. v.) Blount.

Forrein, Forreine, Foreyn. L. Fr. [from Lat. forinsecus, q. v.] Foreign; belonging without. Home forein; a foreign person. Stat. Westm. 1, c. 23. Forreine counties. Id. c. 46. Et v

Forjudge. [L. Fr. forjuger, from for, out, and juger, to adjudge; L. Lat. forisjudicare, q. v.] In old English law and practice. To expel from court, for some offence or misconduct

Forjudger. [L. Lat forisjudicatio.] In English practice. A judgment by which a man is deprived or put out of a thing; a judgment of expulsion or banishment. See Forejudge.

Lat. [from forum, a court.] Belonging to, or connected with a court; forensic. Forensis homo; an advocate; a pleader of causes; one who practices in court. Calv. Lex.

Lat. [from Sax. fore, before, or in front.] In old English law. Land lying before, or in front of othef land; a foreland;* a headland, {terra capitalis.) Coweil, Spelman. A piece o

Forschoke. Forsaken. CowelL

[L. Lat. foresia, forestis, foreitum; from forii, or foroB, without, according to Spelman; that is, out land, or ott^^land, { pars fora Hica, seu exterior,) as lying out of the cul

Forestis, Forestum, Forasta, L. Lat. A forest. Spelman. Lib. Nig. Scacc, cited ibid. See Forest,

Lat. [from foresta, q. v.] A duty or tribute payable to the king's foresters. CowelL Blount. Chart 18 Edw. I., cited ibid.

Forstall, Forestal, Forstal. Sax. [from fore, before, or fare, a way, and stal, or stail, a standing or stopping; L. Lat. forstallare.] To obstruct or stop up a way, (viam praepedi

[L. Lat./or«te Wa/to.] In English law. The obstruction of a way or road, or the hindering a person or thing from passing. The besetting of a way by a tenant, in order to prevent hi

Forstaller. [L. Lat. forstallator, forstallarius.] One who forestalls, or is guilty of the offence of forestalling. See Forestalling, Forstallarius.

[L. Lat. forstallatio.] The obstructing of a way; the interception of a person or thing on a road. See Forestaller, Forstal. Forestalling the market is the buying or contracting fo

Lat. [from foresta, a forest.] In old English law. A forester; an officer appointed to take care of a wood or forest. Where a tenant in dower had committed waste in a wood, there w

Certain courts in England, instituted for the government of the king's forests in different parts of the kingdom, and for the punishment of all injuries done to the king's deer or

[L. Lat. forestarius.] In English law. A sworn officer of the forest, appointed by the king's letters patent, to walk the forest both early and late, watching both the vert and the