Lex Falcidia

See "Falcidian Law."

See Falcidian Law. LEX FORI (Lat. the law of the forum). The law of the country to the tribunal of which appeal is made. 5 Cl. & F. 1. The local or territorial law o'f the country to which a court, wherein an action is brought, or other legal proceeding is taken, belongs. Dicey, Confl. Laws 06. The forms of remedies, modes of procedure; Lamar v. Mlcou, 112 U. S. 452, 5 Sup. Ct. 221, 28 L. Ed. 751; and execution of Judgments are regulated solely and exclusively by the laws of the place where the action is Instituted; 8 Cl. & F. 121; 11 M. & W. 877; Henry v, Sargeant, 13 N. H. 321, 40 Am. Dec. 146; Darker v. Brink, 24 N. J. L. 333; Speed V. May, 17 Pa. 91, 55 Am. Dec, 540; Wilson V. Clark, 11 Ind. 385; Nichols v. Scott, 12 Vt. 48; Scudder v. Bank, 91 U. S. 400, 23 L. Ed. 245; Downer v. Chesebrough, 36 Conn. 39, 4 Am. Rep. 29; Kirby v. Vantrece, 20 Ark. 368; Mineral Point R. Co. v. Barron, 83 111. 365; Williams v. Haines, 27 la. 251, 1 Am. Rep. 208; Ivey v. Lalland, 42 Miss. 444, 97 Am. Dec. 475, 2 Am. Rep. 600; Stoneman V. R. Co., 52 N. Y. 429; Willard v. Wood, 135 U. S. 309, 10 Sup. Ct. 831, 34 L. Ed. 210; East Tennessee, V. & G. R. Co. v. Kennedy, 83 Ala. 462, 3 South. 852, 3 Am. St Rep. 755; Rorer, Int. St. Law 69. See Parties. A cause of action arising in one state, under the common law as there understood, may be enforced in another state where it would not constitute a cause of action, if the variance in these laws does not amount to a fundamental difference of policy; Walsh I V. R. Co., 160 Mass. 671, 36 N. E. 584, 39 Am. SL Rep. 514. The lex fori is to decide who are proper parties to a suit; Meshmeier v. State, 11 Ind. 485; Kirkland v. Lowe, 33 Miss. 423, 69 Am. Dec. 355; Westl. Priv. Int. Law 409. The lex fori governs as to the nature, extent, and character of the remedy; Wood v. Watkinson, 17 Conn. 500, 44 Am. Dec. 562; Ferguson v. Clifford, 37 N. H. 86; as, in case of instrumehts considered sealed where made, but not in the country where sued upon; Warren v. Lynch, 6 Johns. (N. Y.) 239; 1 B. & P. 360; Woodbrldge v. Wright, U. S. 406, 23 L. Ed. 245; Broadhead t. Noyes, 0 Mo. 66; Dorsey v. Hardesty, 9 Mo. 157. Arrest and Imprisonment may be allowed by the lex fori, though they are not by the lex loci contractus; 6 Cl. & F. 1; Peck v. Hosier, 14 Johns. (N. Y.) 346; Bartlett v. Willis, 3 Mass. 88; Way man v. Southard, 10 Wheat. (U. S.) 1, 6 L. Ed. 253. For the law of interest as affected by the lex fori, see Conflict of Laws. For the law in relation to damages, see Damages. The forms of judgment and execution are to be determined by the lex fori; Bartlett v. Willis, 3 Mass. 88; Atwater’s Adm’r v. Townsend, 4 Conn. 47, 10 Am. Dec. 97; Suydam v. Broadnax, 14 Pet. (U. S.) 67, 10 L. Ed. 357. The lex fori decides as to deprivation of remedy in that jurisdiction. Where a debt is discharged by the law of the place of payment, such discharge will, it is said, amount to a discharge everywhere; Ogden V. Saunders, 12 Wheat. (U. S.) 360, 6 L. Ed. 606; 1 W. Bla. 258; Blanchard v. Russell, 13 Mass. 1, 7 Am. Dec. 106; Johnson V. Hunt, 23 Wend. (N. Y.) 87; Boggs v. Teackle, 5 Binn. (Pa.) 332; see Lex Loci; unless such discharge is held by courts of another jurisdiction to contravene natural justice; Blanchard v. Russell, 13 Mass. 6, 7 Am. Dec. 106; Vanuxem v. Hazlehursts, 4

The Falcidian law; a law passed on the motion of the tribune P. Falcidius, A. U. C. 713, forbidding a testator to give more in legacies than three-fourths of all his estate, or, in other words, requiring him to leave at least one-fourth to the heir. Inst. 2, 22; Heinecc. Elem. lib. 2, tit. 22.

Defined under Lex in Black's Law Dictionary.

In Romanlaw. The Falcidian law; a law passed on the motion of thetribune P, Falcidius, A. U. C. 713, forbidding a testator to give more in legacies than three-fourths of all his estate, or, in other words, requiring him to leave at least one-fourth tothe heir. Inst.2,22; Heinecc. Elem. lib. 2, tit. 22.. Lex favet doti. Jenk. Cent. 50. The law favors dower. Lex fingit ubi subsistit equitas. 11 Coke, 90. The law makes use of a fiction where equity subsists.

civil law. The name of a law which permitted a testator to dispose of three-fourths cf his property, but he could not derive his heir of the other fourth. t was made during the reign of Augustus about the year of Rome, 714, on the requisition of Falcidius, a tribune. Inst. 2, 22; Dig. 35, 2; Code, 6, 50; and Nov. 1 and 131. Vide article Legittme, and