Law Dictionary

The term “floral supplier” means a person engaged in acquiring cut flowers or cut greens to be manufactured into floral articles or otherwise processed for resale.

The term “floral wholesale jobber” means a person who conducts a commission or other wholesale business in buying and selling cut flowers or cut greens.

A copy of the Pandects discovered accidentally about the year 1137, at Amalphi, a town in Italy, near Salerno. From Amalphi, the copy found its way to Pisa, and_, Pisa having submi

The name of one of the territories of the United States of America. It was purchased from Spain by treaty between the United States and Spain, executed at Washington on the twenty-

The term “Florida Department of Transportation” means the executive branch department and agency of the State of Florida that— (A) is responsible for the construction and maintenan

The settled doctrine in respect to these Florida grants is, that grants for lands, embracing a wide extent of country, or within a large area of natural or artificial boundaries, a

All the grants of lands, made by the lawful authorities of the king of Spain, before the 24th of January 1818, were, by the treaty, ratified and confirmed to the owners of the land

A coin, originally made at Florence. Called, also, "gulder."

Flotsam; things floating in the water.

Things which float by accident on the sea or great rivers. Blount. The commissions of water bailiffs. Cunningham.

Lat A fleet. Flota navium; a fleet of ships. Blount, Toums. PL 68.

Lat. Floating. Towns. PI. 68.

a legislative district which includes within its boundaries several separate districts or political subdivisions which independently would not be entitled to additional representat

or FLOTSAN. A name for the goods which float upon the sea when cast overboard for the safety of the ship, or when a ship is sunk. Distinguished from "jetsam" and "ligan." Bracton,

a name for the goods which float upon the sea when cast overboard for the safety of the ship or when a ship is sunk. Distinguished from "jetsam" and "ligan." Bract, lib. 2, c. 5; B

Fetsam, flotsam and ligan, are not matters of revenue, and are cognizable in the Admiralty; but wreck is determinable by the Common Law.

Floating goods from a wreck. See 1 Add. (Pa.) 59.

Flodemark (q. v.) FLUMEN (Law Lat.) In civil law. The name of a servitude which consists in the right of turning the rain water, gathered in a spout, on another's land. Ersk. Inst,

The natural flowage of water from an upper estate to a lower one is a servitude which the owner of the latter must bear, though the flowage be not in a natural watercourse with wel

See Laeceny; Pekish ABLE;

The term “flowers and plants” means cut flowers, potted flowering plants, foliage plants, and propagational material.

Raising and settling back water on another’s land by a dam placed across a stream or watercourse which Is the natural drain and outlet for the surplus water on such land. Call v. C

Federal jurisdiction was to follow the flow of electric energy, an engineering and scientific, rather than a legalistic or governmental, test

Flood tide.

The term “fluidized bed combustion” means combustion of fuel in connection with a bed of inert material, such as limestone or dolomite, which is held in a fluid-like state by the m

In this section the term “fluid milk” means all varieties of pasteurized cow’s milk that— (1) is without flavoring or sweeteners, (2) is consistent with the most recent dietary rec

The term “fluid milk processor” means any person who processes and markets commercially more than 3,000,000 pounds of fluid milk products in consumer-type packages per month (exclu

The term “fluid milk product” has the meaning given the term in— (A) section 1000.15 of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, subject to such amendments as may be made by the Secre

the term “fluid milk products” means those milk products normally consumed in liquid form as a beverage; / the term “fluid milk products” means those milk products normally consume

A wooden viaduct for carrying water or floating timber.

The easement of allowing rain-water to run from a roof to a neighbor's land.

Rivers and ports are public and the right to fish is therefore common to all.

Wild fowl; water fowl. 11 East 671.

Except as provided in subparagraph (E), the term “fluorescent lamp” means a low pressure mercury electric-discharge source in which a fluorescing coating transforms some of the ult

The term “fluorescent lamp ballast” means a device which is used to start and operate fluorescent lamps by providing a starting voltage and current and limiting the current during

The terms “blowout”, “flushometer tank”, “low consumption”, and “flushometer valve” have the meaning given such terms in ASME A112.19.2M–1990.

The terms “blowout”, “flushometer tank”, “low consumption”, and “flushometer valve” have the meaning given such terms in ASME A112.19.2M–1990.

Z. In old English law. A river. Fluyii regales: royal streams, — public rivers for public passage; flood, or flood-tide.

A public river; flood tide,

(Lat.) In old English law. A river. Fluvii regales, royal streams. Public rivers for public passage (Fr. haut stremes le roy). So called, not in reference to the ownership of the r

The term "flux" means the rate of flow of photons. / The term "flux" means the rate of flow of photons.

In old English law. Flow. Per fluxum et refluxum maris, by the flow and reflow of the sea. Dal. pi. 10. FLYMA (Saxon). A fugitive or outlaw. Spelman.

Anciently, It was the custom in a criminal trial to inquire after a verdict, “Did he fly for it?” After the verdict, even If not guilty, forfeiture of goods followed conviction upo

This Is made by uncoupling the cars from the locomotive while In motion, and throwing the cars on to the side track, by turning the switch, after the engine has passed it, upon the

A fugitive from justice.

In, old English law. The offense of harboring a fugitive, the penalty attached to which was one of the rights of the crown. Anc. Inst. Eng.

In old English law. The offense of harboring a fugitive, the penalty attached to which was one of the rights of the crown.

The reception or relief of a fugitive or outlaw. Jacob.

The term “flyway” means the four administrative units used by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the States in the management of waterfowl populations.

The term “flywheel” means, in the case of an electricity grid application, a device used to store rotational kinetic energy.

The term “FMGEMS examination” means parts I and II of the Foreign Medical Graduate Examination in the Medical Sciences or any successor examination recognized by the Secretary for

Women are excluded from ali civil and publlc charges or offices. Dig. 50, 17, 2; 1 Exchi 645 ; 6 Mees. & W. 216.

A married woman; a feme covert.

Jenk. Cent. 237. Women are not admissible to publlc offices.

that a *Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were fled for the State of Okla- homa et al.

A making known to the public, as by proclaiming or exposing to view; in the law of wills, a formal declaration by a testator at the time of signing his will that it is his last wil

Lending money at interest; the act of putting out money to us-uyy.

The Forum Judicium; a code of laws established in the seventh century for the Visigothic kingdom in Spain. Some of its principles and rules are found surviving in the modem jurispr

The body of laws granted to a city or town for its government and the administration of justice.

The title of a code of Spanish law promulgated by Alhonso the Learned, (el Sabto,) A. D. 1255. t was the precursor of the Partidas. Schm. Civil Law, Introd. 67.

fagalio, 1. I In old English, law. The hunting of wild animals in forests, chases and parks; the liberty of hunting.

I. I. In old E^iglish law. To chase or hunt; to course a deer; to drive. Fugare et refugfare catalla: to drive cattle to and fro.

I. In old English law. A fugitive; a person who fled upon commission of a felony; a villein or bondman who left his lord without the intention of returning. Fugitivi: fugitives. In

In the constifutional provision that full faith and credit shall be given in each state to the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state, this phrase mean

One by which the indorser orders the money to be paid to some particular person by name; it differs from a blank indorsement, which consists merely in the name of the indorser writ

Complete jurisdiction over a given subject-matter or class of actions (as, in equity) without any exceptions or reservations. Bank of Mississippi v. Duncan. 52 Miss. 740.

Life in fact and in law. See In Full Life.

I. I. A fine or mulct paid for theft.

I. I. in old English laic. A tribute or tax paid to a lord by his tenants, for the use of his oven; a baker's fee.

When a master ordinary in chancery made a report in pursuance of a decree or decretal order, the cause was again set down before the judge who made the decree or order, to be proce

In practice. Hearing at another time.

L L In old English law. A beating with sticks or clubs; one of the ancient kinds of punishment of malefactors.

A transfer in the future such as will cure a defect in a titla Fntnre estate: an estate to which a person is entitled in future; an estate in expectancy.

Lat. Jn the civll law. Interest on money; the lending of money on interest —Fcenns nauticum. Nautical or maritime interest. An extraordinary rate of interest agreed to be paid for

I. I. Founderous; out of repair, as a road.

In the civil for the loan of money on the hazard of a voyage; sometimes called “usura maritima.” Dig. 22, 2; Code, 4, 33; 2 Bl. Comm. 458. The extraordinary rate of interest, propo

the contract was for a sale f. o. b. cars Philadelphia-and the buyer was not to acquire any interest in the sugar, legal or equitable, until so delivered

House bote; fire bote. Cowell. FOCALE (Law Lat.) In old English law. Firewood; the right of taking wood for the fire; fire bote. Cunningham. FODERUM (Law Lat.) Food for horses or o

Fire-bote.

The term “focal point” means a facility established to encourage the maximum collocation and coordination of services for older individuals.

The term "focus country" refers to a foreign country determined by the Secretary of State to be a major source of wildlife trafficking products or their derivatives, a ma

Food for domestic animals.

Provisions to be paid by custom to the royal purveyors. Cowell. FODERUM (L. Lat). Food for horses or other cattle. Cowell. In feudal law» fodder and supplies provided as a part of

Fodder.

A mine. Co. Litt. 6a. FOEDUS (Lat.) A league; a compact.

An agreement between nations; a treaty.

The presiding member of a jury, grand or petit. From the persons summoned and accepted as grand jurors, the court appoints the foreman, who has power to administer oaths to witness

Women are excluded from all offices, both state and public.

Women are not qualified for public office.

A feme covert. FOEMINAE AB OMNIBUS OFFICIIS Clvilibus ve! publicis remotae sunt. Women are excluded from all civil and public charges or offices. Dig. 50. 17. 2; 1 Exch. 645; 6 Mee

The act of putting out money at interest. FOENUS NAUTICUS (Lat.) The name given to marine interest. The amount of such interest is not limited by law, because the lender runs so gr

I. In the civil law. Nautical or maritime interest, — mterest after an extraordinary rate, agreed to be paid for the loan of money on the hazard of a voyage.

Interest on marine loans.

Lat. In old records. Grass; herbage. 2 Mon. Angl. 906 b. Coufell^

In medical jurisprudence. The act of criminal abortion. 1 Beck, Med. Jur. 288; Guy, Med. Jur. 133. FOETURA (Law Lat.) In civil law. The produce of animals, and the fruit of other p

Increase of animals; fruit.

An unborn child.

I. In the purpose; the i-escinding

Every vessel must. In a fog, mist, falling snow, or heavy rain storm, go at a moderate speed, having careful regard to the existing cirqumstances and conditions; The Nacoochee, 137

A variety of grass.