Filicetum
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In old English law. A ferny or bracky ground; a place where fern grows. Co. Litt. 4b; Shep. Touch. 95.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
In English Law. A ferny or bracky ground; a place where fern grows. Co. Lltt. 4 &; Shep. Touch. 95. ' FILIOUS. In Old Records. A godson. Spel. Glos.. FILIUS (Lat.). A son. A child. As distinguished from heir filius Is a term of nature, hoerea a term of law. 1 Powell, Dev. 311. In the civil law the term was used to denote a child generally. Calvlnus, Lex.; Vicat, Voc. Jur. Its use in the phrase nul Hus fl Hua would seem to indicate a use in the sense of legitimate son. a bastard being the legitimate son of nobody; though the word is usually rendered a eon, whether legitimate or Illegitimate. Vicat, Voc. Jur. FILIUS FAMILIAS (Lat). A son who is under the control and power of his father. Story, Confl. Laws § 61; Vicat, Voc, Jur. FILIUS MULIERATUS (Lat). The first legitimate son born to a woman who has had a bastard son by her husband before her marriage. Called, also, tnu Uer, mulier puiand. 2 Bla. Com. 248. FILIUS NULLIUS (Lat. son of nobody). A bastard. Called, also, filius populi (son of the people). 1 Bla. Com. 459; 6 Co. 65 a.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
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A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Lat. [from filix, fern.] In old English law. A ferny or bracky ground; a place where fern grows. Co. Litt. 4 b. Shep. Touch. 96.