Fatuus

Defined in 7 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

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,

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Fatuous; silly; foolish; idiotic; an idiot.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

An idiot or fool. Bract f. 420 b. Silly; ill-considered; foolish; indiscreet,

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

An idiot or fool. Bract. foL 420b. Foolish; absurd; indiscreet; or ill considered. Fatuum judicium, a foolish judgment or verdict. Applied to the verdict of a jury which, though false, was not criminally so, or did not amount to perjury. Bract fol. 289 Fatuus, apud jurisconsultos nostros, aecipitur pro non compos mentis; et fatnns dieitur, qui omnino desipit. 4 Coke, 128. Fatuous, among our jurisconsults, is understood for & man Mot of right mind; and he is called "fatuus" who is altogether foolish. Fatuns præsutnitur qui in proprio nomine errat. A man ls presumed to be simple who makes a mistake in his own name. Code, 6, 24, 14; Van Alst v. Hunter, 6 Johns. Ch. (N. Y.) 148, 16L

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

In old English law. An idiot or fool; discreet or ill-considered. Fatuum judicium: or verdict

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

An idiot or fool. Bract. fol. 4208, Foolish; absurd; indiscreet; or ill considered. Jfatuwm judicinm, a foolish judgment or verdict. Applied to the verdict of a jury which, thougi false, was not criminally so, or did not amount to perjury. LBract. fol. 280. Fatuus, apud jurisconsultos nostros, accipitur pro non compos mentis; et fatuus dicitur, qui omnino desipit. 4 Coke, 128. Fatuous, among our jurisconsults, is understood for a man not of right mind; and he is called “fatwus” who is altogether foolish. Fatnuus presumitur qui in proprio homine errat. A man is presumed to be simple who makes a mistake in his own name, Code, 6, 24, 14; 5 Johns. Ch. 148, 161.

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

Lat. An idiot or fool. Bract, fol. 420 b. Fatuus et idiotcu Beg, Orig, 266. Foolish; absurd, indiscreet or ill considered. Fatuum judicium; a foolish judgment or verdict. Bract, fol. 289. Applied to the verdict of a jury, which, though false, was not criminally so, or did not amount to perjury. Id, ibid, FAUCES TERRiE. Lat. Narrow headlands and promontories, enclosing a portion or arm of the sea within them, [as ma^or^e,/attce*.] 1 Kent* s Com, 3^1, taid note. ffa Uy Ih Jure Mar Uy 10. Story, J., 1 Story's B. 251, 269.