Law Dictionary

In old English criminal law, this letter was branded upon felons upon their being admitted to clergy; as also upon those convicted of fights or frays or falsity. Jacob; Cowell ; 2

The term “F40T12 lamp” means a nominal 40 watt tubular fluorescent lamp which is 48 inches in length and one-and-a-half inches in diameter, and conforms to ANSI standard C78.81–200

The term “F96T12/ES lamp” means a nominal 60 watt tubular fluorescent lamp that is 96 inches in length and 1½ inches in diameter, and conforms to ANSI standard C78.81–2003 (Data Sh

The term “F96T12HO/ES lamp” means a nominal 95 watt tubular fluorescent lamp that is 96 inches in length and 1½ inches in diameter, and conforms to ANSI standard C78.81–2003 (Data

The term “F96T12HO lamp” means a nominal 110 watt tubular fluorescent lamp which is 96 inches in length and one-and-a-half inches in diameter, and conforms to ANSI standard C78.81–

The term “F96T12 lamp” means a nominal 75 watt tubular fluorescent lamp which is 96 inches in length and one-and-a-half inches in diameter, and conforms to ANSI standard C78.81–200

The term “FAA” means the Federal Aviation Administration.

The term "fabric" means any material (except fiber, filament, or yarn for other than retail sale) woven, knitted, felted, or otherwise produced from or in combination wit

In old English law. The making or coining of money. Mem. in Scacc. H. 12 Edw. I. FABRICARE (Lat.) To make. Used of an unlawful making, as counterfeiting coin (1 Salk. 342), and als

To fabricate; to coin money; to make false coins.

To forge; to counterfeit.

Evidence manufactured or arranged after the fact, and either wholly false or else warped and discolored by artifice and contrivance with a deceitful intent. See supra.

Evidence manufactured or arranged after the fact, and either wholly false or else warped and discolored by artifice and contrivance with a deceitful intent. See FABRICATE.

In the law of evidence. A fact existing only in statement, without any foundation in truth. An acfual or genuine fact to which a false appearance has been designedly given; a physi

building framework, bridges, transmission towers, and similar permanent structures, and are made primarily from rolled steel shapes, although plates and other rolled steel products

Production of false and deceptive appearances; the employment of physical objects for the purpose of making false impressions and with a view to such impressions being reported in

In English law. Lands given for the repair, rebuilding, or maintenance of cathedrals or other churches. It was the custom, says Cowell, for almost every one to give by will more or

In old European law. A contract or formal agreement; but particularly used in the Lombardic and Visigothic laws to denote a marriage contract or a will. Spelman.

The face of an instrument is that which it shows without extrinsic explanation. FACERE (Lat.) In civil law. To do; to make. A word of very comprehensive signification. Dig. 50. 16.

“Face-amount certificate” means any certificate, investment contract, or other security which represents an obligation on the part of its issuer to pay a stated or determinable sum

To do; to make; to act; to cause.

the phrase face value in the statute is synonymous with par value. It is used in contradistinction to the actual value which is made the measure of the tax when applied to nonpar v

Because a state statute, when enforced in a state court against a class to which the party complaining does not belong, may work a deprivation of constitutional rights, that fact d

When the Executive exercises this power negatively on the basis of a facially legitimate and bona fide reason, the courts will neither look behind the exercise of that discretion,

You do it.

Doing.

Face, which see.

In Scotch law. Easily persuaded; easily imposed upon. Bell, Diet.

The term “facilitating agency” means the agency that receives the initial notification from the project sponsor required under section 4370m–2(a) of this title .

“facilitator” means a person who impartially aids in the discussions and negotiations among the members of a negotiated rulemaking committee to develop a proposed rule; / The term

As used in this section, the term “facilities” means only facilities used for the generation or transmission of electric energy. / As used in this section, the term “facilities” me

The term “Facilities Appropriation Advisory Board” means the advisory board, comprised of 12 members representing Indian tribes and 2 members representing the Service, established

the term “facilities-based carrier” means an entity that owns communications transmission facilities, is responsible for the operation and maintenance of those facilities, and hold

For purposes of subsection (a)(4), the term “facilities for the furnishing of water” means any facility for the furnishing of water if— (1) the water is or will be made available t

“facilities for transient nontrailerable recreational vessels” includes mooring buoys, day-docks, navigational aids, seasonal slips, safe harbors, or similar structures located on

The term "facilities maintenance" means preservation or corrosion control efforts and cleaning services. / The term "facilities maintenance" means— (I) the effo

The term “Facilities Needs Assessment Workgroup” means the workgroup established at the discretion of the Director— (aa) to review the health care facilities construction priority

With respect to an order issued pursuant to an application of a qualifying cogenerator or qualifying small power producer under subsection (a)(1), the term “facilities of such appl

The term "facilities of the Department" means— (A) facilities over which the Secretary has direct jurisdiction; (B) Government facilities for which the Secretary contract

The 'facilities subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission' which are reached by the abandonment provisions of § 7(b) are those facilities required for the interstate transporta

(A) any building, structure, installation, equipment, pipe or pipeline (including any pipe into a sewer or publicly owned treatment works), well, pit, pond, lagoon, impoundment, di

In this subchapter, the terms “challenge inspection”, “plant site”, “plant”, “facility agreement”, “inspection team”, and “requesting state party” have the meanings given those ter

the term “facility energy supervisor” means the employee with responsibility for the daily operations of a Federal facility, including the management, installation, operation, and

The term “facility for long-term care” means a facility (including an extended care facility) providing in-patient care for convalescent or chronic disease patients who require ski

“facility of interstate or foreign commerce” includes means of transportation and communication; and / the term “facility of interstate or foreign commerce” has the meaning given t

The term “facility of the Department” has the meaning given the term “facilities of the Department” in section 1701(3) of this title .

The term “facility that is subject to a routine inspection” means a declared facility, as defined in paragraph 15 of part X of the Annex on Implementation and Verification of the C

Guilt makes equal those whom it stains. FAC 10 UT DES (Lat. I do that you may give). A species of contract which occurs when a man agrees to perform anything for a price either spe

Gulit makes equal those whom it stains.

I do that you may give.

I do that you may do.

He does.

A precise copy.

An exact copy, preserving all the marks of the original

In England, where the construction of a will may be affected by the appearance of the original paper, the court will order the probate to pass in fac simile, as it may possibly hel

A deed; an act.

[L.Lni. factum, q. v.] A thing done; a circumstance, event or occurrence. This word was anciently used almost exclusively as the synony me of act or deed; e. g. "accessary before a

In ol4 English lawv Deeds. Facta armorwm, deeds or feats of arms; that is, jousts or tournaments. Cowell. Facts. Facta et casus, facts and cases. Bracton, fol. lb.

Facts are more powerful than words. FACTA TENENT MULTA QUAE FIERI prohibentur. Deeds contains many things which are prohibited to be done. 12 Coke, ' 124. FACTIO TESTAMENTI (Lat.)

Deeds contain many things which are prohibited being done.

12 Coke, 124. Deeds contain many things which are prohibited to be done.

Lat. [from facere, q. v.] In old English law. A doing. Anciently applied to services done by a tenant. Bract. fol. 35 b.

The making of a will.

In fact; by an act; by the adt or fact. Ipso facto, by the act itself; by the mere effect of a fact, without anything superadded, or any proceeding upon it to give it eiffect. 3 Ke

such as the trader has a bare authority to sell, in the character of a factor, for the use of the principal, who employs him.

The wages or allowances paid to a factor for his services. It is more

The term “factoring discount” means an amount equal to the excess of— (A) the aggregate undiscounted amount of structured settlement payments being acquired in the structured settl

To attach one’s goods in the hands of a third party. See 19 R. I. 220, 33 Atl. 147. See, also, Garnish.

A process for attaching effects of the debtor in the hands of a third party. It is substantially the same process known as the garnishee process, trustee process, process by foreig

A name given to certain English statutes, of which 40 & 41 Vict. c. 39, is the latest, validating pledges by factors to bona fide pledgees.

Wherever a consignment is made to a factor for sale, the consignor has a right, generally, to control the sale thereof, according to his own pleasure, from time to time, if no adva

For purposes of paragraph (1), the term “factors unrelated to the administration of the vaccine”— (A) does not include any idiopathic, unexplained, unknown, hypothetical, or undocu

In Scotch law. A contract which partakes of a mandate and locatio ad operandum, and which is in the English and American law books discussed under the title ' of "Principal and Age

Laws enacted for the purpose of regulating the hours of work, and the sanitary condition, and preserving the health and morals, of the employes, and promoting the education of youn

The prices at which goods may be bought at factories, as distinguished from the prices of those bought in the market, after they have passed into the hands of third parties or shop

Factory ship: The words “factory ship” mean a vessel in which or on which whales are treated or processed, whether wholly or in part.

Facta et casus, facts and cases. Bract fol. lb.

18 How. State Tr. 1187; 17 How. State Tr. 1430.

the fact of scienter, "a mental state embracing intent to deceive, manipulate, or defraud," Ernst & Ernst v. Hochfelder, 425 U. S. 185, 194, n. 12 (1976).

Those matters of fact on which the plaintiff proceeds by his action and which the defendant controverts in his pleadings. Glenn v. Savage, 14 Or. 567, 13 Pac. 442 King v. Chase, 15

The judge must determine 'that the conduct which the defendant admits constitutes the offense charged in the indictment or information or an offense included therein to which the d

conclusions or opinions that flow from a factual investigation.

A man's own act and deed; a culpable or criminal act; an act not founded in law; a deed; a written instrument under seal. Called, also, oharta. Spelman; 2 Bl. Comm. 295. The differ

Lat. A culpable act; a fault. Sine facto hcsredia; without fault of the heir. Inst. 2. 20. 16. An unlawful act; an act not founded in right or law; a wrongful act. See Ex facto, De

Lat. Fact, as distinguished from law, Facti non juris. Dig. 41. 2. 1. 3. A fact. Facta et casus. Bract, fol. 1 b. Factum probandum; a fact to be proved, the principal fact in a cas

The act of a judge which does not belong to his office is void.

The act of a judge which does not pertain to his office is void.

Dig. 50, 17, 155. A party's own act should prejudice himself, not his adversary.

NON ADVERsario, nocere debet. A man's actions should injure himself, not his adversary. Dig. 50. 17. 155,

One,s act ought to harm himself and not his adversary.

What is done cannot be undone. 1 Kames, Eq. 96, 259, FACTUM NEQANTIS NULLA PROBAtlo. No proof is incumbent on him who denies a fact, FACTUM NON DIClTUR QUOD NON perseverat. That is

A juridical fact. Denotes one of the factors or elements constituting an obligation.

Lat. In old English law. A deed; [a thing done in writing;] a conveyance or other written instrument, under seal, formerly otherwise termed eharta, and by the civilians literarum o

Lat. In old European law. A portion or allotment of land. Spelman.

The denial of a fact requires no proof.

Cod. 4, 19, 23. There is no proof incumbent npon him who denies a fact

A thing is not called done which is not finished.

Facts to be proved.

An evidentiary fact. FACTUM UNIUS ALTERI NOCERE NON debet. The deed of one should not hurt another. Co. Litt. 152. FACULTAS PROBATIONUM NON EST angustanda. The right of offering pr

The deed is considered instead of the intent.