Ferdfare
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A summons to serve in the army. FERIA (Lat.)
In old English law. A week day;' a holiday; a day on which process may not be served; a fair; a ferry. Du Cange; Spelman; Cowell; 4 Reeve, Hist. Eng. Law, 17. name in the r Carly Roman empire. In the later Roman empire the single days occurring at intervals of a week apart, commencing with the seventh day of the ecclesiastical year, were so called. Du Cange.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Sax. Asummons to serve inthearmy. Anwequittance from going into the army. Fleta, lib. 1, c. 47, § 23.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
sax. A summoning to military service; ferdwite, an acquittance therefrom, by fine; ferdsoone: exemption therefrom.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
See Firdfare,