Law Dictionary

Filiation cannot be proved. Co. Litt. 126a. But see 7 & 8 Vict. c. 101.

In old English law. A ferny or bracky ground; a place where fern grows. Co. Litt. 4b; Shep. Touch. 95.

Delivery to and leaving with the proper officer the instrument to be filed. See 77 Wis. 136, 20 Am. St. Rep. 102, 45 N. W. 953.

For purposes of the liquidation proceeding, the term “filing date” means the date on which the Corporation is appointed as receiver of the covered broker or dealer. / The term “fil

Under the procedures prescribed by the Judicial Conference of the United States, the district court or the bankruptcy court may waive the filing fee in a case under chapter 7 of ti

For purposes of this subsection, the term “filing location” means— (A) the office of the clerk of the Tax Court, or (B) any on-line portal made available by the Tax Court for elect

The term “filing month” means the month in which the installment is required to be paid.

The filing of the plea was both an appearance and a defence. The case stood for the time between one term and another with an appearance and a plea. The withdrawal of the plea coul

I. In old English law. A son; a child. Filius est nomen iiatarse, sed liseres nomen juris: son is a name of nature, but heir is a name of law. Filius mnlieratus: v. Mulier. Filius

7 Coke, 8. A son in the mother's womb is part of the mother's vitals.

In old records. A godson. Spelman. FILIUS (Lat.) A son; a child. As distinguished from heir, filius is a term of nature, haeres a term of law. 1 Powell, Dev. 311. In the civil law

A son.

SED haeres nomen juris. Son is a name of nature, but heir a name of law. 1 Sid. 193; 1 Powell, Dev. 311. FILIUS FAMILIAS (Lat.) A son who is under the control and power of his fath

Son is the natural name, but heir is the legal name.

A son under paternal control.

A son in his mother’s womb is part of the mother’s vitals.

A legitimate son.

In the eye of that law, he was filius nullius. He had neither father, mother, nor sister. He could neither take from, nor transmit to, those standing in such relations to him, any

A son of the people; a bastard.

Same as Filacer.

To occupy the whole capacity or extent of, so as to leave no space vacant. To possess and discharge the duties of an ofiice. The election of a person to an ofllce constitutes the e

A girl; a daughter.

any milk, cream, or skimmed milk, whether or not condensed, evaporated, concentrated, powdered, dried, or desiccated, to which has been added, or which has been blended or compound

A mare not more than one year old. Russ. & Ry. 416; Ib. 494. FILUM AQU 4, thread or middle of a water course, (q. v.)

The term “filling new prescriptions for controlled substances in schedule III, IV, or V” means filling a prescription for an individual for a controlled substance in schedule III,

For the purpose of this paragraph, the term “fill pipe” shall include the fuel tank fill pipe, fill neck, fill inlet, and closure.

A young mare.

any motion picture film or series of films, whether full length or short subject, but does not include newsreels portraying actual current events or pictorial news of the day.

A son.

filtering that underblocks, imposes a cost upon each family that uses it, fails to screen outside the home, and lacks precision.

by the amendment Congress added a new class of unmailable matter—the filthy

Where its franchise requires a water company to furnish filtered water, a neglect or refusal to do so entitles the municipality to a decree compelling it to comply with such requir

A thread or edge.

The thread or center line of the stream. See 21 Mass. 268, 16 Am. Dec. 342.

The border of the forest. 2 Bl. Comm. 419; 4 Inst. 303. —'Fiium viæ. The thread or middle line of a road. An imaginary line drawn through the middle of a road, and constituting the

The edge or boundary of the forest.

The thread or center line of the way or street.

Lat. The thread or middle line of a road. An imaginary line dfawn through the middle oi a road, and constituting the boundary between the owners of the land on each side. 2 Smith's

A thread; a line — the middle line of a stream or road. The imaginary line drawn through a stream or highway at which the titles of the opposite owners presumably meet.* Filum aq.u

An end, or limit; a limitation, or period of limitation.'

a case where the judgment of conviction was rendered, the availability of appeal exhausted, and the time for petition for certiorari had elapsed before our decision in Batson.

The term “final action” means— (A) the completion of all actions that the management of an establishment has concluded, in its management decision, are necessary with respect to th

administrative orders are not reviewable unless and until they impose an obligation, deny a right or fix some legal relationship as a consummation of the administrative process.

The term “final adverse action” includes: (i) Civil judgments against a health care provider, supplier, or practitioner in Federal or State court related to the delivery of a healt

An exemption applicant shall submit a written application to the Secretary, in a form prescribed under subsection (f), not later than 90 days after the completion of the consultati

The court of delegates, formerly a court of final appeal in English admiralty and ecclesiastical cases.

For purposes of subparagraph (D), the term “final assembly” means the process by which a manufacturer produces a vehicle at, or through the use of, a plant, factory, or other place

“final assembly place” means the plant, factory, or other place at which a new passenger motor vehicle is produced or assembled by a manufacturer, and from which the vehicle is del

The term “final assembly point” means— (1) in the case of a new automobile manufactured or assembled in the United States, or in any Territory of the United States, the plant, fact

The term “final average compensation” means the participant's average annual compensation for— (I) the 3-consecutive year period ending with the current year, or (II) if shorter, t

In this subsection, the term “final basic pay” means, with respect to an employee, the total amount of basic pay which would be payable for a year of service by such employee, comp

A fine of lands.

Such costs as are to be paid at the end of the suit; costs, the liability for which depends upon the final result of the litigation.

A 'final decision' generally is one which ends the litigation on the merits and leaves nothing for the court to do but execute the judgment.

the same thing as "final judgments and decrees," as used in former acts regulating appellate jurisdiction.

In no sense was this a final decree on which an appeal could be sustained. It is, in effect, the same as ordering an execution on a judgment at law, which had been affirmed on erro

The final decree following a pro confesso order is only such a decree as would be authorized by the state of the pleadings when the order was entered.

For purposes of paragraph (2)(B), the term “final determination” means the transmittal of a report of examination to the bank or transmittal of official notice of proceedings to th

The final determination of a suit is the end of litigation therein. This cannot be said to have arrived as long as an appeal is pending.

The term “final disposition” means, with respect to a criminal case or investigation to which a sample of sexual assault evidence relates— (i) the conviction or acquittal of all su

The term “final dosage form” means, with respect to a prescription drug product, a finished dosage form which is approved for administration to a patient without substantial furthe

The trial of an equity case upon the merits, as distinguished from the hearing of any preliminary questions ai’islng in the cause, which are termed interlocutory. Akerly v. Vilas,

A final injunction is one granted when the rights of the parties are determined ; it may be made mandatory, (commanding acts to be done,) and ls distinguished from a preliminary in

Lat. [horn finis, an end or limit.] In old English law. Thai which makes an end or termination; final. Finalis concordia, (q. v.); a final concord or agreement. That which constitu

A final concord.

It was settled under section 709, Rev. Stat. (section 237, Judicial Code), that the finality contemplated was to be determined by the face of the record and the formal character of

Findings of a contractually designated agent, even where employed by one of the parties, are conclusive, unless impeached on the ground of fraud, or such gross mistake as necessari

his decision of such questions is final and conclusive and not subject to judicial review, at least unless the decision is wholly unsupported by the evidence, or is wholly dependen

the relevant considerations in determining finality are whether the process of administrative decisionmaking has reached a stage where judicial review will not disrupt the orderly

An award is regarded as final, when it is an absolute conclusive adjudication of the matters in dispute; and there is no reason to doubt the conclusiveness of the adjudication in t

in civil cases at law, the judgment of the circuit court is final, where the case is removed by writ of error, from the district court to the circuit court.

It is alike indisputable that if a court-martial has jurisdiction to try an officer or soldier for a crime, its judgment will be accorded the finality and conclusiveness as to the

the test of finality for the purposes of review by this court by appeal is the face of the decree appealed from... Such a decree, being interlocutory, is not final for the purposes

No principle is better settled, or of more universal application, than that no court can reverse or annul its own final decrees or judgments, for errors of fact or law, after the t

No court can reverse its own final decrees or judgments for errors of fact or law, after the term in which they have been rendered, unless for clerical mistakes, or to reinstate a

In the absence of statute providing otherwise, the general principle obtains that a court cannot set aside or alter its final judgment after the expiration of the term at which it

A decree is final for the purposes of an appeal to this court when it terminates the litigation between the parties on the merits of the case, and leaves nothing to be done but to

a final judgment for money must, at least, determine, or specify the means for determining, the amount

Final judgment in a criminal case,' the Court has said, 'means sentence. The sentence is the judgment.' ... 'The "sentence is the judgment" phrase has been used by this Court in de

in determining what is a final judgment or decree within the meaning of Section 237 of the Judicial Code, we are not controlled by the designation applied to it in state practice.

The general principle of federal appellate jurisdiction, derived from the common law and enacted by the First Congress, requires that review of nisi prius proceedings await their t

judgments and decrees in cases of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction.

Z. In old English law. Ending; making an end or termination; final. Finalis concordia: a final concord or agreement; a fine of lands.

The terms “final” and “finally”— (I) with respect to a court determination, or to a final resolution of an enforcement action that is a court determination, mean a judgment from wh

the term “final membership roll” means the final membership roll of the tribe published on July 20, 1956, on pages 5454–5462 of volume 21 of the Federal Register. / the term “final

One which either terminates the action itself, or decides some matter litigated by the parties, or operates to divest some right; or one which completely disposes of the subject-ma

The order of the Court directing process to issue is not such a final order or decree in a case as the Act of 1789 contemplates. It is nothing more than an order of process to carr

the administrative discretion to grant a suspension of deportation has historically been consistently exercised as an integral part of the proceedings which have led to the issuanc

The vote on a passage of a bill or resolution in either house of the legislature after it has received the prescribed number of readings and has been subjected to such action as is

Final process is never issued by this court in the exercise of its appellate jurisdiction, except in cases where a State has once refused to execute the mandate of the court.

For purposes of this paragraph, the term “final product stage” means the point in the manufacturing process, before distribution of an infant formula, at which an infant formula is

The entry by the local land officer issuing the final receipt was in the nature of a judgment in rem, and determined that the Brick Company's original locations were valid, and tha

The ultimate judgment of a court Hunt v. Taft, 100 Mass. 91. It has also been construed as referring to the verdict, as distinguished from the judgment Joannes v. Pangborn, 6 Allen

That which was to be released was 'all claims of any kind or description under or by virtue of said contract.' Manifestly, included within this was every claim arising not merely f

Final rule.—The term "final rule" means the final rule published under this paragraph.

One which puts an

One which puts an end toacase. Distinguished frem interlucutory.

the term 'final settlement' in the Heard Act was not intended to denote payment, but had been used to describe an administrative determination of the amount due upon completion of

the term "final sunscreen order" means an order published by the Secretary in the Federal Register containing information stating that a nonprescription sunscreen active

“final system plan” means the plan of reorganization for the restructure, rehabilitation, and modernization of railroads in reorganization prepared pursuant to section 716 of this