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Fatuus

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

An idiot or fool. Braotion, fol.

420b.

Foolish; absurd; indiscreet; or ill considered. Fatuum judicium, a foolish judgment or verdict. Bracton, fol.

289.

Applied to the verdict of a jury which, though false,