Law Dictionary

In Seoteh law. When aeriminal does not obey the citation to answet, the court pronounces sentence of fugitation against him, which induces a forfeiture of goods and chattels to the

Lending money at Interest; the act of putting out money to usury.

In French feudal law. Faith; fealty. Guyot, Inst. Feud. c. 2.

j, ^^^ English law. The fawnmg ^^ ^^^ Spelman.

In old English law. The fawning or fawning time of deer. Spelman.

The fawning of deer. Spel. Gloss.

In old English law. To forfeit. 1 How. St. Tr. 927.

In old Scotch law. Forethought; premeditated. 1 Pitc. Grim. Tr. pt. 1, p. 90.

Time.

Vagrants. FOLC LAND (Saxon). Land of the people. Spelman. Said by Blackstone to be land held by no assurance in writing, but to have been distributed amongst the common people at t

See Folcmote .

Land held without deed.

An ancient Saxon assembly of the people.

FOLK MOTE, or FOLC GEnvote (Saxon, from folc, people, and mote, or gemote, meeting). In Saxon law. A meeting of the people; a general assembly of the people, to consider and order

The common right of all the people. 1 BL Comm. 66, 67.

A privilege possessed in some places by the lord of a manor, which consists in the right of having his tenant's sheep to feed on his fields, so as to manure the land. The name of "

In English law. Land used as a sheep walk. Land to which the sole right of folding the cattle of others is appurtenajit. Sometimes it means merely such right of folding. The right

fulgnre, 1. 1 In Saxon law. To establish one's self in a friborg or frankpledge; to become the dependent or follower of another.

Menial servants; followers. Bracton.

In old English law. A freeman, who has no house or dwelling of his own, but is the follower or retainer of another (heorthfoest), for whom he performs certain predial services. Anc

Same as Folgarii.

sax. In old English law. Followers or servants.

The term “foliage plants” means those plants, normally without flowers, primarily produced in pots or similar containers, that are primarily used for interior decorations, whether

The French name for circular insanity or maniacal-depressive insanity.

A French term sometimes used to designate an access of insanity resulting from nephritis or "Bright's disease." See In re McKean's Will, 31 Misc. Rep. 703, 66 N. Y. Supp. 44.

A leaf. The references to the writings of the older law authors are usually made by citing the folio, as it was the ancient custom to number the folio instead of the page, as is do

See Folc-Land; Folc-Gemote.

See folcmote .

To conform to, comply with or be fixed or determined by; as in the expressions "costs follow the event of the suit," "the situs of personal property follows that of the owner," "th

An agreement that an adjustment in general average shall be made on the “following basis,” followed by a statement of the amount to be contributed for the valuation of the ship aft

The term "follow-on production contract or transaction" means a contract or transaction to produce, sustain, or otherwise implement the results of a successfully complete

The term “follow up services” means services provided to ensure that necessary services are received by families and are effective in meeting their needs.

An oven or bakehouse.

L In old English law. Weight; poundage; a duty paid to the king, according to the weight and measure of merchants' goods. Pondus regris: the king's weight; the standard weight

Fr. In French law. Goods and efforts. Adams v. Akerlund, 168 III. 632, 48 N. E. 454.

In French Law. Capital Is said to be invested d fonda perdua when It Is stipulated that In consideration of the payment of an amount as interest, higher than the normal rate, the l

In Spanish law. Any tribute or loan granted to the king for the purpose of enabling him to defray the expenses of a war.

A fountain or spring. Bracton, fol. 233.

“Food” means (1) any food or food product for home consumption except alcoholic beverages, tobacco, hot foods or hot food products ready for immediate consumption other than those

The term “food additive” means any substance the intended use of which results or may reasonably be expected to result, directly or indirectly, in its becoming a component or other

Food and agricultural sciences.—The term "food and agricultural sciences" means basic, applied, and developmental research, extension, and teaching activities in food and

The term "food and nutrition security" means access to, and availability, utilization, and stability of, sufficient food to meet caloric and nutritional needs for an acti

The term “food bank” means a public or charitable institution that maintains an established operation involving the provision of food or edible commodities, or the products of food

In this paragraph, the term “food contact substance” means the substance that is the subject of a notification submitted under paragraph (1), and does not include a similar or iden

The term "food council" means a food policy council or food and farm system network, as determined by the Secretary, that— (A) represents— (i) multiple organizations invo

The term “food pantry” means a public or private nonprofit organization that distributes food to low-income and unemployed households, including food from sources other than the De

the term “food product” means food in any sized package which is manufactured by a single manufacturer or which bears the same brand name, which bears the same statement of identit

As used in this part, the term “food products” means flour (excluding flour second clears not used for human consumption as determined by the Secretary), semolina, farina, bulgur,

The term “food security” means access by all people at all times to sufficient food and nutrition for a healthy and productive life. / The term “food security” means access by all

The term “food service establishment” means a restaurant, cafeteria, lunch room, food stand, saloon, tavern, bar, lounge, or other similar facility operated as an enterprise engage

The term "food service program" includes— (A) food service at residential child care facilities that have a license from an appropriate State agency; (B) any child nutrit

The term “food services contract” means a contract under which food services operations of the Senate Restaurants are transferred to, and performed by, a private business concern.

The term "food system" means the intact or whole unit made up of interrelated components of people, behaviors, relationships, and material goods that interact in the prod

For purposes of this section, the term “food to which this section applies” means a food for humans which is a food for special dietary use— (A) which is or contains any natural or

An idiot.

A measure of length, containing one-third of a yard, or twelve inches. Figuratively, it signifies the conclusion, the end; as, the foot of the fine, the foot of the account.

An amercement for not cutting out the ball or cutting off the claws of a dog's feet (expeditating him). To be quit of footgeld is to have the privilege of keeping dogs in the fores

In old English law. The conclusion of a fine, reciting the parties, day, year and place, and before whom it was acknowledged or levied. For, fore, fors, I. Jr. Out; without For tha

The fifth part of the conclusion of a fine. It includes the whole matter, reciting the names of the parties, day, year, and place, and before whom it was acknowledged or levied. 2

Impressions made by the feet of persons, or their shoes, boots, or other covering for the feet, on the ground, snow, or other surface. In the same category are also impressions of

something different than the word "to" and that it includes not only situations in which private parties must keep records available for use and review by an agency, but also requi

A phrase used in an order, draft, or memorandum to designate the person against whom, or account against which, the thing or sum is to be charged.

Hay and straw for horses, particularly in the army. Jac.

Straw when the corn is threshed out. Cowell.

A name usually given to the act of congress of April 12, 1900, 31 Stat L. 77, c. 191, which provided civil government for Porto Rico. See a synopsis of it by Harlan, J., In Downes

exactly the same thing as for a less sum of money than one dollar.

One from without; a foreigner; a stranger. Calv. Lex.

liberty to touch for the purpose of taking on board part of the goods insured Violet v. Allnutt, 2 "Taunt." 416.

the average invested capital for the year, as defined and limited in this title, averaged monthly.

One who can take oath for another who is accused of one of the lesser crimes. Manw. For. Laws, p. 3. Cowell.

As applied to a number of days required for notice this phrase includes either the first or last day, but not both. Stroud v. Water Co., 66 N. J. L. 422, 28 Atl. 678. See Time.

In old records. A forebalk; a balk (that is, an unplowed piece of land) lying forward or next the highway. Cowell.

To deprive forever; to shut out. 9 Rich. II. c. 2; 6 Hen. VI. c. 4; Cowell. FORBARRER (Law Fr.) To tar out; to prevent or preclude; to estop. Cowell.

Banished.

Lat. Proscription; banishment. Spelman, voc. Farbannitus. LL. Longob. lib. 1, tit. 26, 1. 63, cited ibid.

To deprive one of a thing forever. Cowell.

To bar out; to exclude; to estop.

Forbatudus. L. Lat [from Sax. fore, before, and Fr. batre, to beat or strike.] In old European law. The first striker; he who struck the first blow, (primus feriens,) or offered th

In old English law. The aggressor slain in combat. Jacob.

A delay in enforcing rights; the act by which a creditor waits for the payment of a debt due him by the debtor after it has become due. It is sufficient consideration to support as

The statute expresses a necessary policy when it forbids in universal terms refunding in any manner any portion of the rates specified in the published tariffs, or extending to 'an

Such are the taxes already noted which are aimed at or discriminate against the commerce or impose a levy for the privilege of doing it, or tax interstate transportation or communi

By the English merchant shipping act, 1854, (17 & 18 Vict. c. 104,) § 2, any ship employed in trading, going bebween some place or places in the United Kingdom and some place or pl

removal only for "events that have occurred while [the officer is] in office." 804 F. Supp.

[p]ower, violence, or pressure directed against a person or thing," Black's Law Dictionary 656 (7th ed. 1999), or "unlawful violence threatened or committed against persons or prop

fr. In old English law. A technical term applied to a species of accessory before the fact.

A phrase used In declarations of trespass and in indictments, but now necessary in declarations, to denote that the act complained of was done with violence. 2 Chit. PI. 846, 850.

called also “vi metuque,” means that any contract or act extorted under the pressure of force (vis) or under the Influence of fear (metus) is voidable on that ground, provided, of

that any contract or act extorted under the pressure of force (ins) or under the influence of fear (metus) is voidable on that ground, provided, of course, that the force or the fe

One who could not be disinherited by will; in Roman law, one compelled by law to accept an inheritance.

In Louisiana. Those persons whom the testator or donor cannot deprive of the portion of his estate reserved for them by law, except in cases where he has a just cause to disinherit

The term "forced labor" means any work or service that is exacted from any person under the menace of any penalty for nonperformance and that the worker does not offer to

“Forced labor”, as herein used, shall mean all work or service which is exacted from any person under the menace of any penalty for its nonperformance and for which the worker does

The term "forced marriage" means a marriage to which 1 or both parties do not or cannot consent, and in which 1 or more elements of force, fraud, or coercion is present.

a merger plan foisted upon one of the parties by the Commission, as distinguished from a merger voluntarily initiated by the participating carriers.

Where a license to a corporation was to cease if the licensor was “forced out of the company,” and one who had acquired all the stock, except that held by the licensor, procured fr

A sale under process of law, and against the consent of the owner. It does not embrace a sale under a power in a mortgage. 15 Fla. 336.

Forestalling the market.

Fr. & Eng. [Lat. vis.] Validity; efficacy; power in law to bind or coerce. An obligation or law is said to be "of force," or "in force" so long as compliance with it can be lawfull

Fr. [L. Lat. /orfco.] In old English law. A technical term applied to a species of accessory before the fact. Stat. Westm. I, c. 14. See Fortia.