A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

A system of law anciently established in England, for the government of the royal forests, and admmistered by courts and officers of its own. That it existed before the Norman conq

\Lfii.inperpetuum,'\ This word in a devise of land will pass a fee. Co. Litt. 9 b.

Lat. To forfeit. Spelman, voc. Forisfacere. See Forisfacere.

See Forisfactum, Forfactiis.

Lat. A forfeiture, Spelman, voc. Forvifacere, See Forisfactura.

Forfactum. L. Lat. [L. Fr. forfaict.] In old European lawti Forfeited. J)e rebus forfactis quce per diversos comitatus sunt, volumus ut ad pala* tium pertineant, iransacto anno et

Fr. [from Lat. forisfacere, q. v.] To forfeit. Forface; shall forfeit. Britt. c. 12. Forfist; forfeited. Et issi forfist ele dower; and so she forfeited dower. Id. c. 110. Forfait,

Forfeng, Forefeng. Sax. tfrom fore, before, and fangen, to take; J. Lat. antecaptio, preventio, prior prisa.^ In Saxon law. A previous taking; a taking of provisions from any perso

[L. Fr. forfait, forfaict; L. laX. forfactum, forisfactum^ Lost by one's fault or misconduct; forfeited. See To F(yrfeit. To FORFEIT, [from L. Fr. forfaire; L. Lat. forisfacere, fo

[L. Fr. forfaicture, from forfaire; L. Lvki. forisfaetura, forfactura.] The loss of what belongs to one, by some fault, misconduct or transgression of law. An involuntary or compul

A thing or sum of money forfeited. The word in this sense is frequently associated with the word penalty. 2 N. Y. Rev. St. [480], 394.

Lat. In old records. Forgavel; a quit rent. Cowell. See Forgavel.

Sax. [from fore, before, and gafel, rent.] In old English law. A small reserved rent in money; a quit rent. Cowell, voc. Forgabulum.

\L.Yr.fauxer,fauser,faucher; L. laX.falsare,fahricare^ In criminal law. To make or fabricate a thing in imitation of another, with a view to deceive and defraud; to make falsely; t

Fr. To frame or fashion; to contrive; to fabricate or forge. Z. Ft, Diet Kelham. This word is commonly supposed to be the origin of the English forge, (q. v.)

[L. Fr. fausinerie; Lat. crimen falsi] In criminal law. The fraudulent making or alteration of a writing, to the prejudice of another's right. 4 £1. Com, 247. — A false making, [wh

Lat. In old records. A forge; a smith's forge. Cowell,

Lat. In old records. A herdland, headland or foreland. Cowell,

Forinsecum. Lat. [from foris, without.] In old English law. Outward; without; external; extrinsic; forinsic; foreign; extraordinary. Selio forinsecus; an outside ridge or furrow. K

[L. Lat. forinsecus, q. v.] In old English law. Outward; without; foreign; extraordinary. Forinsic service, was the payment of aid, scutage and other extraordinary burdens of milit

Lat. Abroad; outofdoort; on the outside of 2^ place; without; extrinsic.

Forfacere. L. Lat. [from foris, without, and facere, to make.] In old English law. To forfeit; to lose what belonged to one by some fault or crime; to make it foreign to one's self

Forfactum. L. Lat. [from forisfacere, (q. v.); L. Fr. forfaict, forfait.] In old English law. Forfeit; forfeited. Bona forisf acta; forfeited goods; forfeitures. 1 Bl. Com. 299. Se

Forfactura. L. Lat. [from forisfacere, (q. v.); L. Fr. forfaicture,] In old English law. Forfeiture; the losing one's property or life, as the consequence of some fault, misconduct

Lat. [from forisfacere, q. v.] In old European law. Forfeited. See Forisfactum. One who has forfeited his life, as being found guilty of a capital offence. De vita forisfactum inte

Lat. [from foris, without, and familia, a family.] In old English and Scotch law. Literally, to put out of a family, (foris familiam ponere.) To portion off a son, so that he could

[from fortsfamiliare, q. v.] In old English law. Portioned off. A son was said to be forisfamiliated, {/orisfamiliari,) if his father assigned him part of his land, and gave him se

Lat. [from forisfamiliare, q. v.] In old English law. Put out of a family; portioned off; emancipated, forisfamiliated, ^roc^ fol. 64.

Lat. [from foris, without, and judicare, to judge.] In old English law. To deprive or put out of a thing by the judgment of a court; to forejudge. In praedicta curia nostra forisju

Lat. [from forisfudicare, q. v.] In old English law. Forejudgment; forejudges Co. Litt AOOh, Toums. PI. 116. Called by Fleta abjudicor tio, (q. V.)

Lat. [from forisjudicare, q. v.] In old English law. Deprived or put out of a thing by the judgment of a court; forejudged. Co. Litt. 100 b. Forisjudicatus est de eadem custodia. B

Lat. [from /orw, out, BXk&jurare, to swear.] In old English law. To forswear; to renounce or relinqiush by or under oa Hi, {rem negative dfjerars\) to abjure. Spelman, Provincian^

The same as Forestall Forstal, and Forestall, Used in Domesday Book. Spelman^ voc. Forstall,

See Abjudieatio, Fori^udicatio,

Forisjudicare. L. Lat. [from foris, without, and judicare, to judge; L. Fr. forjuger.] In old European law. To deprive or put out of a thing by the judgment of a court. Spelman. Se

Lat. [from /orjudieare, q. v.] In old European law. Proscribed; outlawed; denied all access to the courts, ( foris omnem aditum jndicii constitutus,) Spelman, voc. Forjudicare. Con

Fr. In old English law. To forjudge, or expel. Il perde soun office, et soit forjugge la court; he shall lose his office, and be forjudged the court. Stat. 2 Hen. IV. c. 8. To depr

Fr. In old English law. To forswear; to abjure. Forjurer royalme; to abjure the realm. Britt, c. 1, 16. Stat. Westm. 1, c. 15, 20.

Forlanda. L. Lat. In old records. Land extending beyond, or lying before other land; a foreland. De forlando quod jacet ante terram ecclesiae. 2 Mon. Angl. fol. 332. Blount. Land b

Lat. [L. Fr. forme, fourmeJ] Form; the prescribed form of judicial proceedings. Forma et figwra jttdicii; the form and shape of judgment or judicial action. 3 Bl. Com, 271. A form

See In forma pauperis.

Lat. In canon law. Canonical letters. Spelman,

Lat. Formed writs; writs of form. See Brevia formata,

Formdon, L. Fr. [contracted from form£ de don; L. Lat. forma donationis; the form of the gift.] In old English practice. An action, in the nature of a writ of right, given by the s

Lat. In old English law. A weight of lead, described in the statute of weights and measures, 61 Hen.

Lat. [dimin. of forma, a form.] In practice. A form of words used in judicial proceedings, generally written, always consisting of the same parts, and expressed in precisely the sa

[L. Lat. formularia, from forma, a form.] Collections of formulae, or forms of forensic proceedings and instruments used among the Franks, and other early continental nations of Eu

See Fumagium,

Foreprise, Forepriu. L. Fr. <k Eng. [from Fr. for, out, and prise, a taking; L. Lat. forprisa,forpri8um,\ In old English law. An exception, or taking out; a reservation; excepted,

[from Sax. for, before, and sceat, a part or portion; L. Lat. forecheta.] In old records. The outer or forepart of a furlong; the skirt, or slip, or small piece that lay next the h

An attorney or advocate in a cause. Blount, Whishaw.

Forspris. L. Fr. Except. Zitt, sect. 19. Kelham,

/br Jttf, -Pttr*. L.Fr. But; only. Litt. sect. 1, 26. Bntt. c. 26. Kelham.

Forestal, Forstall; in Domesday, Foristel, Faristel, Sax. [from fore, before, or fare, a way, and stal, or steel, a standing; L. Lat. forstallatio, forstallamentum.] In old English

Fr. To stop; to obstruct; to forestall. Zitt, sect. 240.

Lat. In old English law. To stop a way; to stop on the way; to forestall. Spelman, Forstallarius; (in Domesday, Foristel* larius.) A forestalled Stat, 13 Fdw. I. Beg. Orig, 271 b.

[L. Lat. forstallamentum.] An obstruction or stopping of a way; (obstructio viae, impedimentum transitus.) Co. Litt. 161 b. Fleta, lib. 1, c. 42.

[L. Lat. forisjurare.] To abjure, or renounce by oath. See Forisjurare. To swear falsely. But the word, in this sense, does not in itself import perjury. Tompkins, J., 2 Johns. R.

The author of a celebrated treatise on English law, written in Latin, in the reign of Henry VI., under the title of De Laudibus Legum Angliae. Sir John Fortescue, who had been some

process or decree of. In Scotch law. A decree and process following the process of arrestment, by which the creditor is entitled to demand the sum arrested to be applied for paymen

In practice. A term sometimes used in rules and other proceedings; which, according to Mr. Chitty, seems to import that the requisite act shall be performed as soon as, by reasonab

^or«a. L.Lat. In old European law. Force, usually of an unlawful character; {vis p Urumque ivjusta.) Spelman. The word occurs in this sense in the laws of the Bavarians, and Ripuar

Lat. In old English law. Fresh force. See Fresh f^ce. FORTIOR See j For$ig.

Lat. Strong. Fortis et sana; strong and sound; staunch and strong; as a vessel. Towns. Pl. 227. Powerful or effective; of weight, force or effect. Fortior. Stronger, more effectual

Fr. [from Lat. fortuitus, q. v.] Accidental. See Casforiait.

[from Lat. fortuitus, q. v.] Accidental.

[Fr. abordage fortuit.] In maritime law. The accidental running foul of vessels. 14 Peters' R. 114.

Lat. [from fors, chance.] In the civil law. Accidental. Fortuitus casus; a fortuitous event; an accident. Inst. 3. 15. 2.

Lat. Fortune; chance. Fortunam faciant judicem, ut qu Uibet habeat partem illam quce per sortem ei aceiderit. They shall make fortune or chance the judge, that each one may have th

Lat. A court, or judicial tribunal; a place of jurisdiction; a place where a remedy is sought; a place of litigation. Story, J., 3 Story's R. 347. So called from the Roman forum, w

Lat A ooatentiouB lorum or court; a pliaee of litigation; tbe ordinary court of instice, as distinguished from the tribunal of conscience. 3 BL Com. 211.

Lat. The forum of the contract; the court of the place where a contract is made; the place where a contract is made, considered as a place of jurisdiction. 2 Kenfs Com. 463.

Lat The forum or court of. the domicile; the domicile of a defendant, considered as a place of jurisdiction. 2 Kenl*8 Com, 463.

Lat. An ecclesiastical or spiritual court, as distinguished from a secular one. Si de testamento oriatur conteniio, in foro ecclesiastico debet placitum terminari. If a contest ari

Lat. The forum or court of nativity; the domicile of nativity, or place of a person's birth, considered as a place of jurisdiction. 6 Vesey, Jr. 760, 760. 2 JCent't Com. 480, 481,

Lat. The king's court. Slat. Westm. 2, c. 43.

or REI SITAE. L. Lat. The forum or court of the thing, [res, rei;] the court of the place where a thing claimed is; the tribunal where the property is. Story's Conflict of Laws, §

Lat. The forum or court of a res gesta, (thing done;) the place where an act is done, considered as a place of jurisdiction and remedy. 2 Kent's Com. 463.

Lat. The forum or court of the defendant, [reus, rei;] the court of the place where the defendant is, or resides. Bract, fol. 401. The same with forum domicilii, (q. v.) See Actor

In old records. A long slip of ground. Cowell. F09. stag. sepe. qne vi. diversi cursiu aqna^UA, Poflcunt aasiflam; mercatum, feria, bancum. A Latin couplet, artificially constructe

A general clause in policies of insurance, intended to embrace all persons who have an insurable interest in the property, and a lawful right to be insured. 2 £>uer on Ins. 29, § 2

Lat. In old English law. A ditch. See Fossatum. A pit full of water, in which women committing felony were drowned. See Furca. A grave or sepulchre. Spelman.

Lat. In old English law. Fosse-work; or the service of laboring, done by inhabitants and adjoining tenants, for the repair and maintenance of the ditches round a city or town, for

Lat. [from fossa, q. v.] In old English law. A dyke; a bank of earth thrown up out of a ditch. Glanv. lib. 13, c. 34. Bract. fol. 116. Stat. Westm. 2, c. 46. A ditch or trench. The

Fr. A dyke or ditch. Britt. c. 20.

Lat. [from fossa, q. v.] In old records. A small ditch. Cowell.

or FOSSE. One of the four ancient Roman Ways through England. Spelman, Id. voc. Ikenild Street

Land given, assigned or allotted to the finding of food or victuals for any person or persons; as in monasteries for the monks, <kc. Cotoell, Blount,

[L. Lat. fundator.] One who endows a corporation, or gives the revenues or funds for its establishment. 1 Bl. Com. 481. 2 Kent's Com. 303. One who gives a corporation its existence

Lat. Founderous; out of repair, as a road. Cro. Car. 866.

Forcher, Foercher. L. Fr. [from fourcher, to divide, or fork.] In old English practice. A term applied to a particular mode of casting essoins by two or more tenants, simul et vici

To look at the /our comers of an instrument is to examine the whole of it, so as to construe it as a whole, without reference to any one part more than another. 2 Smith's Lead. Cas

[L. Fr. guater meres; Lat. quatuor maria.] In English law. A term applied to the seas formerly considered as encompassing either the whole island of Great Britain, or England only.

In English law. Birds of game*; which are divided by Lord Coke into three kinds: campestres, [field birds,] as the partridge, quail, rail, occ.; silvestres, [wood birds,] as the ph

Foi. L. Ft. Faith; fidelity. Litt. sect 85. Britt. c. 29. En bonne fog; in good faith. Kelham. Oath. Par sa magne et par safoy; by his hand and by his faith. Britt. c. 70.

The division or breaking up (Lat. /raetio, from /rangere, to bref3c,) of a day into smaller portions of time.^ In general, the law does not allow of the fraction of a day, or, as i

Lat. The breaking, or wreck of ships; the same as naufragium^ (q. v.) See Shipwreck.

Fr. Free. See Frank, Fraunc, Fraunche.

or ALLEU. Fr. In French law. Allodial land; an estate entirely free, and not holden of any superior, and wholly exempt from all seigniorial rights and services. Argou Inst. au Droi

Lat. In old English law. To enfranchise; to make free. Liber fait quia franchiatus est; he was free because he was enfranchised. Bract, fol. 277 b.