A Law Dictionary and Glossary

I. I In old English law. A Frenchman; one born in France; any alien.

I. I. In old English law. Free. Francus bancus: free bench.

franclein, frankleyne. In old English law. A freeholder, freeman or gentleman.

?. Their baton is broken. A term anciently applied to a person convicted of felony upon confession, signifying that he could not bring an appeal.

franc, francho, fraxmc, fraunche, I. fr. Free. Frankalmoigfn: free alms; a tenure by spiritual services without fealty in land held by a religious corporation to them and their suc

I. A brother. Frater consanguineus: a brother by the father's side. Frater fratri uterino non succedet in ha;reditate paterna: a brother shall not succeed a uterine brother in the

Any cunning, deception or artifice, used to circumvent, cheat or deceive another; any act, omission or concealment which involves a breach of legal or equitable duty, trust or conf

I In the cwil law. To deceive, cheat or impose upon; to defraud, v. Nemo vidctur, etc.

statute of. The statute of 39 Charles II., c. 3, otherwise called the Statute of Frauds and Perjuries, which makes writing necessai-y in many cases of contracts and grants; any sta

A conveyance, the object, tendency or effect of which is to defraud another, or the intent of which is to avoid some debt or duty due by, or incumbent on, the party making it.

fraanck, I. fr. Free; frank. Frauttck plegge: frank pledge. farm. Fraunk home: a freeman. ment; a freehold.

L Fraud. Fraus est celare ■fraud. Fraus est odiosa et non not to be presumed. Fraus et dolus fraud and deceit should defend or nunquam cohabitant: fraud and Fraus latet in generali

tribuch, Trebuchetura, I In old English law. A tumbrel" or cucking-stool.

frettum, I. I. In old English

fridwite, frithwite, sax. In paid to obtain peace, or exemption

Not bond or servile; not subject able, the opposite of base; privileged common. Free ships: neutral vessels, In English law. Free bench: dower chapel: a chapel, or place of worship

In old English law. An a certain limit, or boundary, as so the right of claiming that quantity.

In American law. An estate real property. Frannck estate: a free estate. Fraiink ferine: frank or free Fraunk tenement: a free tenefraudem: it is a fraud to conceal a prsesumenda:

A person born having the privileges company or city In old English laio. A freely, as distinguished In the civil law. A

fretare, I. I. In old English Frectatus: freighted. Fretati freighted with wines.

The price or by sea, from one paid for the use of the price paid for Frendlesman, sax. In ing to Bracton, because bidden to shelter him.

sax. In old bored an outlawed fang.

1. 1, Frentike, person in a frenzy.

I. fr. A brother. younger brother.

In old English applied in the old a disseisin which of the disseisor. year past. Fresh mitted in any city called an assise or immediate or speedy offender, immediately, the prosecu

i. t In old

I. I. Things sent before; things mentioned before. In modem phrase, premises.

friborgh. In frank pledge; one decennary, and also has a right by descent, but upon which he has possesses a freehold estate; a free tenant or made free; a person not a slave; a pe

I Fruit; produce. Fructus Industriales or iiidnstriae: industrial fruits, or fruits of industry, — those fruits of a thing, as of land, which are produced by the labor and industry

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

sax. In Saxon law. A pledge or surety for the peaca

frithsocen, sax. In Saxon and old English law. A liberty, franchise or jurisdiction to keep the peace.

I. In the civil law. Fi-uits; produce of

I I In old English law. To break up. break or plough up new ground.

I. I. In old English law. A piece a piece of land left over, after the measurement piece of land lying by itself, and unconnected or manor.

I. Proof. Frobationes debent esse evidentes (Id est) persplcaa! et faciles intelligi: proofs ought to be evident, that is, clear and easy to be understood. In the civil law. Probat

freomortel, sax. In Saxon law. An immunity or freedom granted for committing murder, or manslaughter. From. As a word expressive of time, from is construed both inclusively and exc

I The rightful taking of the produce of property by a person other than the owner of the property.

Material objects acquired by means of the commission of crime, and sometimes matter of the crime.

I. In the civil law. Grain,— that

sasa. In Saicon law. The first payment a slain pereon, in recompense of his murder.

1 1 In old English law. A breaking, or sura doniorum: house breaking. Frussnra or land lately ploughed up.

I. In vain; to no purpose. Frustra agit sequi neqnit cum eflfectu: he sues to no prosecute his judgment with effect (who of his judgment). Frustra [yana] est potentia veiiit in act

fyrmth, sax. In Saxon law. A taking harbor and entertainment to any one.

sax. In old English law. A plain between the sea, or a strait between two lands.

In old English law. A tax laid upon the chimney; hearth money.

I. fr. In old English law. To fly or flee; to Fuer en fait: flight in fact; actual flight. law; failing to appear when called in the county

1. 1. In old English law. He made flight; he fled; a flying for fear of an offense. '

1. 1. In old English law. A driver. Fugatores carucarnm: drivers of wagons.

In Scots law. To outlaw, by the sentence of a court; to outlaw for non-appearance in a criminal case.

I. fr. It was argued again.

Complete. Full age: the age at which persons come to the rights of adults under the law, — at common law, generally, twenty-one years; in the cvvil law, twenty-fiva Full blood: a t

I. I. In old English law. A stream of water; a fleam [flume], such as comes from a mill.

I One who has performed or discharged some function. Functus officio: one who has performed some office assigned to him; one whose authority has accordingly ceased.

I. I. In old English law. To found or establish, — formerly used to denote the supporting of a plaintiff's or demandant's count or declaration, by showing the facts and circumstanc

A founder. Fundator incipiens: the incipient founder of a corporation; the king or state by whom it is incorporated.

I. In civil and old English law. Land or ground generally; land, including buildings generally; a farm; the bottom or foundation of a thing. Fundus maris: the bottom of the sea.

In the civil law. Things which may be furnished or restored in kind, as distinguished from specific things.

I. In civil and old English law. A thief. Fur diurnns: a day thief. Fur nocturnns: a night thief. In the civil law. Fur mauifestns: a manifest thief; a thief taken in the very act

I. L In old English law. A fork; a gallows or gibbet. Furca et flagcllum: gallows and whip. Furca et fossa: gallows and pit; a terra used in ancient charters to signify a jurisdict

Lat. A madman or lunatic; one violently insane. Furiosi nulla voluntas est: a madman has no will. Furiosus absentis loco est: a madman is the same with an absent person (that is, h

sax. Time to advise or take counsel.

A covenant by a grantor that he will execute such further instruments as may be found necessary to assure the titla

I. In old English law. Stealthily; by stealth.

I. In civil and old English law. Theft; a thing stolen. Furtum est contrectatio fraudulosa, lucri faciendi gratia\ vel ipsius rei, Tel etiam usus ejus, possessionisve: theft is the

/. Future persons; persons not yet in being.

fl^le, sc. In old Scots law. To declare or find guilty; literally, to defile; to make or declare foul: as clenge was to acquit, literally to clean or cleanse. Fylit: found guilty.

i t or saax. In old English law. An offense whose nature is matter of conjecture, mentioned in the laws of King Henry L, c. 11, the fine or compensation for which was reserved to t

gavel. In old English law. A tax, duty, impost, custom or tribute; a rent or service.

gabellum, I. L In old English law. A rent; interest, or usury; the profit of money.

gafole, gafel, gafnl, sax. Rent, or income; tax, tribute or cus-.tom; the profit or gain of money; interest or usury. Gafol land or gaful land: rented land; land let for rent

sax. The payment of rent or incoma

In old English law. Security; something given to secure the performance of an act

I fr. In old English law. To give or find security or surety for doing a thing; to wage; the giving of security; wager. Gager de ley: wager of law. Gager deliverance: to gage or wa

gaignere, I fr. In old English law. Wainage. v. Oainage.

In old English law. Implements of husbandry or plough tackle, including wains or wagons and their furniture for carrying on the work of tillage; the profit arising from the tillage

gaigner, gayner, I fr. To cultivate, plough or tilL

In old English law. Tillage, or the profit

In old Scots law. A kind of amends, tion for slaughter.

All such animals as are ferm natures and Game laws: laws for the preservation of game at what times, by what means, etc., certain be pursued and taken.

The act or practice of playing any game, of hazard.

A place of confinement or safe keeping, as a prison, from which, however, it seems tinguishable,— a gaol being a place of temporary confinement for minor offenses, or for debt; a p

I. I. In old English law. A gaol.

The keeper of a gaol, — the sheriff of the sidered, the actual keeper being, in contemplation sheriff's deputy.

garraant, garant, L fr. In old English upon, or who might be called upon to warrant party warranting. Garaunt que luy est tenu rantor who is bound to him to warrant

garannty, I. fr. Warranty.

garraunter, I fr. To warrant nyfle a defendre le tenannt en sa seisine, et nifle que si il ne le defende, que le garannt channges, et de faire son gree ala vaillannce: in one sense

I. fr. A warrantor; a vouchee. a person warranted.

l. Lat. In old English law. A bundle or sheaf.

garde, I. fr. In old English law. Garde en Loudrcs est come hundred en is the same as a hundred in a

gard, I. fr. Custody; care of keeping minor.

gardeyn, I fr. In old English law. a warden.

I I. In old English law. A tector; a warden. Gardianus ecclesiae: a anus quinque portunm: warden of the

I. fr. In old English law. Warden. warden of the Fleet

garnir, I. fr. To ward, or give notice time for preparation; to furnish or provide

To warn or give notice.

In Englist), law. Money paid by a into gaol.

A person warned; a party in whose erty is attached by the creditor of another, ing or garnishment not to pay or deliver it

A warning to a person in whose another are attached, not to pay the money fendant the property of the defendant in and answer the plaintiffs suit In old English law. A warning; a f

garuestura, I. I. In old English providing; garniture; furniture; provision implements of war.