Friscus

Defined in 6 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Stimson (1881), Burrill (1850)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Fresh; recent.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

Fresh uncultivated ground. Mon. Angl. tit. 2, p. 5G. Fresh, not salt. Reg. Orig. 97. Recent or new.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Fresh uncultivated ground. Mon. Angl. t. 2, p. 56. Fresh; not salt Reg. Orig. 07. Recent or new. See Fbesh, and sub-titles thereunder.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

I. I.

In old English law. Recent or new; fresh, as distinguished from salt; uncultivated. Frisca fortia: fresh force; force recently committed.

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

/. Fresh; uncultivated. Frisca fortia: fresh force.

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

Lat. [from Fr. fresche.] In old English law. Recent or new. Frisca fortia; fresh force; force recently committed, (vis nupera et recenter illata.) Spelman. Reg. Orig. 108 a. Fresh, as distinguished from salt. Mariscus friscus; fresh marsh. Spelman. Aqua frisca; fresh water. Reg. Orig. 97. Uncultivated, as ground. Terra jacens frisca et ad warectum; land lying fresh and fallow. Towns. Pl. 69. See Fresh.