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The term “fetal alcohol syndrome” or “FAS” means a syndrome in which, with a history of maternal alcohol consumption during pregnancy, the following criteria are met: (A) Central n

Fr. (Literally, a matter to be known or understood.) The title of a small French tract, published at the end of Fleta. 2 Reeves' Hist. E. Law, 281. Selden's Diss. ad Flet. c. 1, se

Same as Feciales.

Same as Fecial law.

A sort of iron put on the leg

Same as Foetus.

In Scotch law. A holding or tenure where the vassal in place of military service makes his return in grain or money. Distinguished from "wardholding," which is the military tenure

few, ffew. In Scots law. A free and gratuitous right to lands, made to one for service to be performed by him, according to the proper nature thereof, — for a return in grain or mo

In Scotch law. The reddendo, or annual return from the vassal to a superior in a feu holding. Wharton. FEU ET LIEU (Pr.) In old French and Canadian law. Hearth and home. A term imp

In Scotch law. The tenant of a feu; a feu vassal. Bell, Diet.

Land held of a superior on condition of rendering him services. 2 Bl. Comm. 106. A hereditary right to use lands, rendering services therefor to the lord, while the property in the

[L. Lat. feudum, feodum; Fr. fief, Scotch feu.] A stipendiary estate in land, held of a superior, by service. 1 Steph. Com. 161. — A right which a vassal had in land, or some other

Feuds or fees.

An inheritable interest in land. See 20 Wend. (N. Y.) 338.

Held under a superior, as opposed to allodial.

Real actions. 3 Bl. Comm. 117.

The feudal system.

To reduce to a feudal tenure; to conform to feudalism. Webster.

or FEODAL LAW. A system of tenures of real property which prevailed in the countries of western Europe during the middle ages, arising from the peculiar political condition of thos

The law applying to the feudal system of tenure.

The equivalent of "seisin" under the feudal system.

A system of land tenure having its origin in tho customs of the tribes which overran the territory of the Roman. Empire. See 2 Bl. Comm. 44. See, also, 23 Am. & Eng. Ency. of Law,

The tenures of land under the feudal system.

An interest in land not acquired by inheritance. Sec 20 Wend. (N. Y.) 338.

A feud; a feudal tenant.

See "Feodatory."

A recompense for engaging in a feud, and the damages consequent, it having been the custom in ancient times for all the kindred to engage in their kinsman's quarrel. Jacob.

or DEADLY FEUDE. A German Word, signifying implacable hatred, not to be satisfied but with the death of the enemy. Such was that among the people in Scotland and in the northern pa

A writer on feuds, as Cujacius, Spelman, etc.

(Spanish) A feud; a fee. Feudum. A feud; a fee; a fief. Feudum antiquum. An ancient fee. Feudum apertum. A fee whereon the lord might re-enter for the tenants fault.

The Books of Feuds published during the reign of Henry HI., about the year 1152. The particular customs of Lombardy as to feuds began about that time to be the standard of authorit

The Books (or customs) of Fiefs or Feuds; a compilation of feudal law, made about the middle of the twelfth century at Milan, in Lombardy. It is the most ancient work on the subjec

A feud, fief, or fee. A right of using and enjoying forever the lands of another, which the lord grants on condition that the tenant shall render fealty, military duty, and other s

A fee descended from the tenant's ancestors. 2 Bl. Comm. 212. One which had been possessed by the relations of the tenant for four generations. Spelman.

A fee which the lord might enter upon and resume either through failure of issue of the tenant, or any crime or legal cause on his part. Spelman; 2 Bl. Comm. 245.

An ancient feud or fief; a fief descended to the vassal from his ancestors. 2 Bl. Comm. 212, 221. A fief which ancestors had possessed for more than four generations. Spelman; Prie

A free feud. One which was noble and free from talliage and other subsidies to which the pleleia feuda (vulgar feuds) were subject. Spelman.

A free feud. One which was noble and free from talliage and other subsidies to which the plebeia feuda (vulgar feuds) were subject. Spelman.

A fee held on the military service of appearing fully armed at the ban and wrriere ban. Spelman.

A fee held on the military service of appearing fully armed at the ban and arriere ban. Spelman,

An improper or derivative feud or fief. 2 Bl. Comm. 58.

A fee which could descend to the eldest son alone. 2 Bl. Comm. 215.

A liege fee. One where the tenant owed fealty to his lord against all other persons. Spelman; 1 Bl. Comm. 367.

A fee descending from the mother's side. 2 Bl. Comm. 212.

A military fee.

A knight’s fee.

A fee for which the tenant did guard and owed fealty and homage. Spelman.

One which began with the person of the feudatory, and did not come to him by descent.

A new fee held with the qualities and incidents of an ancient one. 2 Bl. Comm. 212.

A fee inherited from the mother.

A fee which the paternal ancestors had held for four generations. Calv. Lex.; Spelman. One descendible to heirs on the paternal side only. 2 Bl. Comm. 223. One which might be held

A genuine original feud or fee, of a military nature, in the hands of a military person. 2 Sharswood, Bl. Comm. 67.

A fee simple.

A fee cannot be created in any manner without an investiture.

A restricted fee; Real Prop. 66; Spelman. See, generally, Le Grand Coutumier; Spelman, Feuds; Du Cange; Calv. Lex.; Dalr. Feud. Prop.;,Poth. des Fiefs; Merlin, Repert. "Feodalite."

A fee for which the tenant did guard and owed fealty and homage. 'Spelman.

A new feud or fief; a fief which began in the person of the feudatory, and did not come to him by sue cession. Spelman; 2 Bl. Comin. 212.

Fr. In old French and Canadian law. Hearth and home. A term importing actual settlement upon land by a tenant

A holding by tenure of rendering grain or money in place of military service. Bell, Diet.

A fee.

A Latin abbreviation for "Fragmenta," designating the Digest or Pandects in the Corpus Juris Civilis of Justinian; so called because that work is made up of fragments or extracts f

The term “FHA manufactured home loan” means a loan that— (A) is insured under title I of the National Housing Act [ 12 U.S.C. 1702 et seq.] and is made for the purpose of financing

The term “FHLB” means any Federal Home Loan Bank.

The term “FHLMC” means the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation.

In old English law. A teofiee; one to whom a fee is given, ora feoffment made. Bract. fols. 17, 440.

To promise.

(Spanish) A surety; obligation. See 57 N. J. L. Ill, 30 Atl. 593.

In Scotch law. One whose property is charged with a life rent.

The value of grain in the different counties of Scotland, fixed yearly by the respective sheriffs, in the month of February, with the assistance of juries. These regulate the price

The value of grain in the different counties of Scotland, fixed yearly by the respective sheriffs, in the month of February, with the assistance of juries. These regulate the price

An order of a judge or of an officer whose authority, to be signified by his signature, is necessary to authenticate the particular acts. A short order or warrant of the judge, com

An order that a commission in bankruptcy should issue.

Let justice be done. Words formerly written by the king at the top of a petition for a warrant to bring a writ of error in parliament, signifying his assent. Jacob; Dyer, 375; Stau

Let Justice be done, though the heavens should fall. Branch, Princ. 161. FIAT PROUT FIERI CONSUERIT; NIL tfcmere novandum. Let it be done as formerly; let no innovation be made ras

Let it be done as has been customary, nothing new should be rashly adopted.

Let it be done as he asks.

An order; command. See Fiat.

The term “fiber” or “textile fiber” means a unit of matter which is capable of being spun into a yarn or made into a fabric by bonding or by interlacing in a variety of methods inc

The doe season. Also a supplying with food. Cowell. d

Land given to the lessee and to two or three successive heirs of his; synonymous With loan land. This species of tenure seems to have been replaced by that of holding by book or bo

Ex parte. On behalf of. Abbreviated ex p., and exp. See Pars. Ex post facto. After the fact. See Factum, Ex post facto.. Ex proprio. Of his or its own. Ex proprio motu. Of his own

A fiction.

FICTIO JUris non est, ubi Veritas, Fiction yields to truth. Where truth is, fiction of law does not exist.

sed pro veritate habetur. Fiction is against the truth, but it is to be esteemed truth. FICTIO LEGIS INIQUp OPERATUR ALlenl damnum vel Injuriam. Fiction of law is wrongful if it wo

Fiction is opposed to truth, but it is regarded as truth.

Fiction is against the truth, but it is to be esteemed truth.

Where truth is, fiction of law does not exist.

A legal fiction does not exist where truth is.

A legal fiction should not be employed to the loss or injury of anyone.

A FICTIONt The legal assumption that something Which is or may be false is true. ' It differs from a presumption in that a fiction is an assumption as true of something admittedly

An allegation in a declaration which though not true in fact cannot be traversed. See 132 N. C. 614, 44 S. E. 354.

A legal assumption that a thing is true, which is either not true, or which is as probably false as true. Of such assumptions there are three kinds, — affirmative fictions, negativ

The fiction of relation is, that an intermediate bona fide alienee of the incipient interest may claim that the patent inures to his benefit by an ex post facto operation, and rece

Founded on a fiction; having the character of a fiction; false, feigned or pretended. —Fictitious action. An action brought for the sole purpose of obtaining the opinion of the cou

A suit brought on pretense of a controversy, when no such controversy in truth exists. Such actions have usually been brought on a pretended wager, for the purpose of obtaining the

practice, are suits brought on pretended rights. They are sometimes brought, usually on a pretended wager, for the purpose of obtaining the opinion of the court on a point of law.

A counterfeit, feigned, or pretended name taken by a person, differing in some essential particular from his true name, (consisting of Christian name and patronymic,) with the impl

Where a suit is brought in the name of one who is not in being, or of one who is ignorant of the suit, and has not authorized it, it is said to be brought in the name of a fictitio

When a contract, such as negotiable paper, is drawn in favor of a fictitious person, and has been indorsed in such name, it is deemed payable to bearer as against all parties who a

A United States patent for land to a fictitious person is void; and a ftono tide purchaser is not protected; Hyde V. Shine, 199 U. S. 62, 25 Sup. Ct 760, 5,0 U Ed. 90.