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Fortuna

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Lat. Fortune; also treasure-trove. Jacob.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

2. Fortune; chance. Fortunamfaciant jndiceni,ut quilibet habeat partem illam qna3 per sortem ei acciderit: they shall make fortune or chance the judge, that each one may have that part which shall fall to him by lot.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

Lat. Fortune; also treas- et, ure-trove. Jacob. Fortunam faciunt judicem. They make fortune the judge. Co. Litt. 167. Spoken of the process of making partition among coparceners by drawing lots for the several purparts.

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

Lat. Fortune; chance. Fortunam faciant judicem, ut qu Uibet habeat partem illam quce per sortem ei aceiderit. They shall make fortune or chance the judge, that each one may have that part which shall fall to him by lot. Bract. fol. 75 b.