Public-domain · open source
OpenJurist

Fidem Mentiri

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

When a tenant does FIDES EST OBLIGATIO CONSCIENtiae alicujus ad intentfonem alterlus. A trust is an obligation of conscience of one to the will of another.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A tenant who has broken his oath of fealty.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Lat To betray faith or fealty. A term used in feudal and old English law of a feudatory or feudal tenant who does not keep that fealty which he has sworn to the lord. Leg. Hen. I. a 53.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

When a tenant does not keep that fealty which he has sworn tothe lord. Leg. Hen. I. e. 53.