Frussura

Plowing; a breaking. GowelL FRUSTRUM TERR^. A piece or parcel of land lying by itself. Co. Litt. 6 b.

A breaking; plowing. Cowell. Frustra «git qui judicium prosequi nequit eum eifectu. NHesues to no purpose who cannot prosecute his judgment with effect, [who cannot have the fruits of his judgment.] Fleta, lib. 6, ¢. 37, § 9. Frustra [vana] est potentia que nunquam venit in actum. That power is to no purpose which never comes into act, or which is never exercised. 2 Coke, 51, Frustra expectatur eventus cujus effectus nullus sequitur. An eventis vainly expected from which no effect follows. Frustra feruntur leges nisi subdcitis et obedientibus. Laws are made to no purpose, except for those that are subject and obedient, Branch, Prine. Frustra fit per plura, quod fieri potest per pauciora. That is done to no purpose by many things which can be done by fewer. Jenk. Cent. p. 68, case 28. The employment of more means or instruments for effecting a thing than are necessary is to no purpose. Frustra legis auxilium invoeat [queerit] qui in legem committit. He vainly invokes the aid of the law who transgresses the law. Fleta, lib. 4, ¢. 2, § 3; 2 Hale, P. C. 386; Broom, Max. 279, 297. Frustra petis quod mox es restiturus. In vain you ask that which you will have immediately to restore. 2 Kames, Eq. 104; 5 Man. & G. 757. in vain that which you might immediately be compelled to restore to another. Frustra probatur, quod probatum non relevat. That is proved to no purpose which, when proved, does not help. Halk. Lat. Max. 50.

Lat. [from Fr. froussure.] In old records. A breaking, or breaking up. Frussura domorum; housebreaking. Gervas. Dorobern. A. D. 1195. Cowell. Frussura terrae; new broke land, or land lately ploughed up. 2 Mon. Angl. 394. Cowell. Blount.