Law Dictionary

The act of one should not harm another.

Co. Litt. 152. The deed of one should not hurt another.

The right of making proof is not to be curtailed.

In the law of divorce. The capability of the husband to render a support to the wife in the form of alimony, whether temporary or permanent, including not only his tangible propert

His ability by earnings, or out of accumulated resources, to pay alimony which may be awarded to a wife suing for divorce. It should be alleged as a foundation for an allowance of

In Canon Law. A license; an authority. For example, the ordinary, having the disposal of all seats in the nave of a church, may grant this power, which, when it is delegated, is ca

The corps of professors, instructors, tutors, and lecturers. To be distinguished from the board of trustees, who constitute the corporation.

The college or society of advocates in Scotland.

A marriage gift coming from the father or brother of the bride.

The term “FAE” means fetal alcohol effect.

The portion brought by a wife to her husband, and which reverted to a widow In case the heir of her deceased husband refused his consent to her second marriage. Cyclopedic L. Diet

The portion brought by a wife to her husband, and which reverted to a widow, in case the heir of her deceased husband refused his consent to her second marriage; i. e., it reverted

Approved men who were strong armed. Subsequently the word seems to have been used in the sense of "rich," and hence it probably passed into its later and common meaning of pledges

I In old English law. A doing, — applied to services done by a tenant. In the civil law. Faetio testamenti: the right, power or capacity of making a will,^ called /aciio ac Mva; th

A badge worn by persons who had recanted and abjured what was then adjudged to be heresy, as an emblem of what they had merited. Cowell.

A terra applied to votes manufactured by nominally transferring land to persons otherwise dlsqnallfled from voting for members of parliament.

A faggot vote is where a man is formallry possessed of a right to vote for members of parliament, without possessing the substance which the vote should represent; as if he is enab

In Saxon law. Great and open hostility which arose on account of some murder committed. The term was applied only to that deadly enmity in deference to which, among the Germans and

In old English law. The portion brought by a wife to her husband, and which reverted toa widow, in case the heir of her deceased husband refused his consent to her second marriage;

To refuse; to neglect; to become insolvent; to become worthless, as consideration. See 156 Ind. 66, 83 Am. St. Rep. 150, 59 N. E. 281.

The term “failed financial institution” means a financial institution that— (A) fails to satisfy a covered contractual payment obligation when due; (B) has commenced or had commenc

The term “failed member” means any member that— (A) fails to satisfy a covered clearing obligation when due, (B) has commenced or had commenced against it insolvency, liquidation,

lack of diligence in developing the claims.

Failure To Give Up Possession of Household Goods Defined.—For purposes of this section, the term “failed to give up possession of household goods” means the knowing and willful fai

Means more than actual insolvency, for that is consistent with an honest belief of the insolvent debtor, of his wealth and prosperity; the words would seem to imply that the insolv

The purchase of its capital stock by a competitor (there being no other prospective purchaser), not with a purpose to lessen competition, but to facilitate the accumulated business

That test is met only if two requirements are satisfied: (1) that the resources of International were 'so depleted and the prospect of rehabilitation so remote that it faced the gr

The term “failing newspaper” means a newspaper publication which, regardless of its ownership or affiliations, is in probable danger of financial failure.

A party's failure to produce a record after pleading it.

Bankruptcy.

The term "fails to complete 120 hours of training" means, with respect to an individual, that during any month, the individual completes at least one hour, but fewer than

The terms “fail to renew” and “nonrenewal” mean, with respect to any franchise relationship, a failure to reinstate, continue, or extend the franchise relationship— (A) at the conc

Suspension of payment by a bank. (See 97 U. S. 171, 24 L. Ed. 944); negligence. See 81 Minn. 103, 83 N. W. 483.

where fraud has occurred in obtaining or in the performance of contracts, or where there has been a failure of consideration, total or partial, or a breach of warranty, fraudulent

A failure to olfer proof, either positive or inferential, to establish one or more of the many facts, the establishment of all of which is indispensable

A want of issue to take an estate limited over by an executory devise. Failure of issue is definite or indefinite. When the precise time for the failure of issue is fixed by the wi

The defeat of a particular right, or the failure of reparation for a particular wrong, from the lack of a legal remedy for the enforcement of the one or the redress of the other.

An expression used to denote the deprivation of a right or the loss of reparation for an injury as the result of the lack or inadequacy of a legal remedy. It is also colloquially a

Where a bank closes its doors and ceases to transact business the right of creditors or of a receiver to enforce stockholders' liability matures at the time of such closing whether

The neglect to produce the record after having pleaded it. When a defendant pleads a matter, and offers to prove it by the record, and then pleads nul tiel record, a day is given t

The entire or partial loss of title suffered by a grantee or one who has contracted to purchase property, resulting from failure or inability of the grantor or vendor to pass a sat

The lapse'or Inability to execute a trust, whether from the legal Insufliclency or defective execution of the instrument creating it, the uncertainty of the object, or the lack of

The term “failure to enroll” means the inability of an individual to enroll in a biometric identifier system due to an insufficiently distinctive biometric sample, the lack of a bo

Delivery must mean delivery as required by the contract, and the terms of the stipulation are comprehensive,—fully adequate in their literal and natural meaning to cover all cases

the failure to state a proper cause of action calls for a judgment on the merits and not for a dismissal for want of jurisdiction. Whether the complaint states a cause of action on

A complaint should not be dismissed for failure to state a claim unless it appears beyond doubt that the plaintiff can prove no set of facts in support of his claim which would ent

Same as Feigned action.

In old English practice. An action was so called where the party bringing it had no title to recover, although the words of the writ were true; a false action was properly where th

A false, fraudulent, or collusory manner of pleading, to the deception of a third person.

Collusive pleading.

The term “fair” means any fair, exhibition, or exposition designated by the Secretary of Commerce pursuant to this section.

Just; equitable; equal; proper. Fair abridgment: a real condensation of copyright matter. Fair knowledge or skill: a reasonpleader. Fair sale: a sale made fairly as it affects the

In copyright law. An abridgment consisting not merely in the arrangement of excerpts, but one involving reni and substantial condensation of the materials by the exercise of intell

words of art which prior to the advent of § 77B had acquired a fixed meaning through judicial interpretations in the field of equity receivership reorganizations

The basic elements of such a hearing include the right of each party to be apprised of all the evidence upon which a factual adjudication rests, plus the right to examine, explain

the term “fair and open competitive opportunity” means, with respect to the provision of insurance by a United States insurance company, that the company— (i) has received notice o

At least so long as the toll is based on some fair approximation of use or privilege for use... and is neither discriminatory against interstate commerce nor excessive in compariso

To make to know.

fair average value of the aggregate shares of its stock and not the value of the corporate assets.

its value as determined by what it would sell for in the market for cash in the due course of business.

Actual cash value. See 126 111. 329, 9 Am. St. Rep. 598, 18 N. E. 804.

A fair comment (excusing what would otherwise be a libel) is a comment which is either true, or which, if false, expresses the real opinion of its author (as to the existence of ma

In bankruptcy law. One which is honest or free from suspicion, or one actually valuable, but not necessarily adequate or a full equivalent. Myers v. Fultz, 124 Iowa, 437, 100 N. W.

To do; to make.

In the administration of this subsection, the remedies and procedures under the Fair Employment Practices Resolution shall be applied. As used in this paragraph, the term “Fair Emp

The term “fair housing enforcement organization” means any organization that— (A) meets the requirements specified in paragraph (1)(A); (B) is currently engaged in the activities s

A reasonable degree of knowledge or measure of skill. Jones v. Angell, 95 Ind. 382.

The term “fair lending” means fair, equitable, and nondiscriminatory access to credit for consumers.

Justly; rightly.

If the validity of the legislative classification for zoning purposes be fairly debatable, the legislative judgment must be allowed to control.

the substance of a federal habeas corpus claim must first be presented to the state courts

Where the property has no market value, its fair value on the critical date is not necessarily what might then have been realized upon it by a forced liquidation by accepting the u

The term 'fair' hardly adds anything to the phrase 'market value', which denotes what 'it fairly may be believed that a purchaser in fair market conditions would have given', or, m

The term "fair market value of the improvements" means the value of improvements determined by the Secretary of Defense on the basis of their highest use.

There is a twofold duty laid down by the FCC's decisions: the broadcaster must give adequate coverage to public issues, and coverage must be fair in that it accurately reflects the

To avoid the constitutional vice of vagueness, it is necessary, at a minimum, that a statute give fair notice that certain conduct is proscribed.

only by granting its customers a fair opportunity to choose between higher or lower liability by paying a correspondingly greater or lesser charge can a carrier lawfully limit reco

A local Irregular tribunal which existed in Pennsylvania about the year 1769. Lycoming creek and Pine creek, in which the proprietaries prohibited the making of surveys, as it was

The name of a writ given by the statute of Marlebridge, 52 Hen. III. c. 11. See "Beaupleader,"

Not pleading fairly or properly; bad pleading.

In the law of evidence. Such a superiority of the evidence on one side that the fact of its outweighing the evidence on the other side can be perceived if the whole evidence is fai

A fair résumé is one which will permit the registrant to defend against the adverse evidence—to explain it, rebut it, or otherwise detract from its damaging force.

That the company is entitled to a fair return upon the value of the property at the time of the inquiry is the rule.

A sale conducted with fairness as respects the rights of all parties affected. Lalor V. Mc Carthy, 24 Minn. 419. A sale at a price sufficient to warrant confirmation or approval wh

That fair share may be regarded as the value, appropriately ascertained, of tangible assets permanently or habitually employed in the taxing State, including a portion of the intan

The Miller-Tydings Amendment permits the seller of an article which bears his trade mark, brand, or name, to prescribe a minimum resale price by contract, if such contracts are law

One conducted according to due course of law; a trini before a competent and impartial jury. Railroad Co. v. Cook, 37 Neb. 435, 55 N. W. 948; Railroad Co. v. Gardner, 19 Minn. 136

a privilege in others than the owner of the copyright to use the copyrighted material in a reasonable manner without his consent.

In a contract by a city to purchase a waterworks plant at “fair and equitable value,” the amount is to be determined not by capitalization of the earnings nor limited to the cost o

it is reasonable that a fair warning should be given to the world in language that the common world will understand, of what the law intends to do if a certain line is passed. To m

The navigable part of a harbor or river.

Doing.

Anything done; a deed lawfully executed. Comyn, Dig. Femme de fait, a wife de facto.

In this section, the term "fait accompli" refers to the resort to force by the People's Republic of China to invade and seize control of Taiwan before the United States c

A deed enrolled, as a bargain and sale of freeholds. 1 Keb. 568.

A term used In the law only in connection with the adjectives good and bad, as expressing the belief, intent, or purpose with which a transaction has been entered into or completed

See Full faith and credit .

The pro- ble incumbrancer, purchase for value withtection given to such purchaser means that out notice would be no defense. from the relation subsisting between the two Prof. Ames

As respects temporal affairs, diligently, and without unnecessary delay; but it does not Includei the idea of impartiality. Den V. Thompson, 16 N. J. L. 72.

As used in bonds of publlc and private officers, this term imports not only honesty, but also a punctilious discharge of nil the duties of the office, requiring competence, diligen