Fortility
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A fortified place; a castle; a bulwark. Cowell. FORTIOR (Lat.) Stronger. A term applied, in the law of evidence, to that species of presumption, arising from facts shown in evidence, which is strong enough to shift FORTIOR EST CUSTODIA LEGIS QUAM horn in Is. The custody of the law Is stronger than that of man. 2 Ro Ue, 325. FORTIOR ET POTENTIOR EST DISPOsitio legis quam hominis. The disposition of the law is stronger and more powerful than that of man. Co. Litt. 234; Broom, Leg. Max. (3d London Ed.) 622; 10 Q. B. 944; 18 Q. B. 87; 10 C. B. 561; 3 H. L. Cas. 507; 13 Mees. & W. 285, 306; 8 Johns. (N. Y.) 401.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
In Old English Law. A fortified place; a castle; a bulwark. Cowell; 11 Hen. VII. c. 18. FORTIOR (Lat). Stronger. A term applied in the law of evidence to that species of presumption, arising from facts shown in evidence, which is strong enough to shift the burden of proof to the opposite party. Burr. Cire. Ev. 64.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910