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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
- Factorydefined inCyclopedic (1922)Ballentine's (1916)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Kinney (1893)Black's (1891)Anderson (1889)
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.
- Factumdefined inCyclopedic (1922)Ballentine's (1916)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Kinney (1893)Stimson (1881)Burrill (1850)
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
- Factum a judice quod ad ejus officium non spectat, non ratum estdefined inBallentine's (1916)Black's (1910)
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.
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
- Facultydefined inCyclopedic (1922)Ballentine's (1916)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Kinney (1893)Burrill (1850)Bouvier (1839)
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.
- Faculty Of Advocatesdefined inCyclopedic (1922)Ballentine's (1916)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Black's (1891)
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
- Failuredefined inBallentine's (1916)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Black's (1891)Anderson (1889)Bouvier (1839)
Suspension of payment by a bank. (See 97 U. S. 171, 24 L. Ed. 944); negligence. See 81 Minn. 103, 83 N. W. 483.
- failure of considerationdefined inCase LawCyclopedic (1922)Ballentine's (1916)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Black's (1891)
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
- Failure Of Issuedefined inCyclopedic (1922)Ballentine's (1916)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Black's (1891)
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
- Failure Of Recorddefined inCyclopedic (1922)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Kinney (1893)Burrill (1850)Bouvier (1839)
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.
- fairdefined inU.S. CodeCyclopedic (1922)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Kinney (1893)Black's (1891)Anderson (1889)Burrill (1850)
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.