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or FESTUCA (Lat.) The rod which was transferred, in one of the ancient methods of feoffment, to denote a transfer of the property in land. Called, otherwise, baculum, virga, fustis

In old English law. The rod or wand, by the delivery of which the property in land was formerly transferred in making a feoffment. Called, also, "baculum," "virga," and "fustis" Sp

In the civil law. A pipe for convejring water. Dig. 8. 2. 18.

Suitable; appropriate; conformable to a duty. Fit for cultivation refers to that condition of soil wlilch will enable a farmer with a reasonable amount of skill to raise regularly

a charge of criminal conduct, no matter how remote in time or place, can never be irrelevant to an official's or a candidate's fitness for office for purposes of application of the

the forfeiture is incurred, either by fitting out, or, in other words, preparing a vessel, within the United States; or, by causing a vessel to sail from the United States for the

the statutory offence is completed when the preparations for the voyage have reached a stage which shows satisfactorily that the purpose of the fitting and equipment was such as is

A son.

A law writer, temp. Henry VIII., author of an abridgment of the year booki=, and of the new Natura Brevium, a treatise on writs.

A law writer, tempo Henry Abridgment of the year-books and of the [F. N. B.], a treatise on the writs then brevium, Natura brevium.

/. A final concord; Stjine of lands.

family-preference categories-with annual limits on the number of visas that may be issued within each category.

The term “Five Eyes countries” means the following: (A) Australia. (B) Canada. (C) New Zealand. (D) The United Kingdom.

An act of parliament, passed in 1665, against nonconformists, whereby ministers of that body were prohibited from coming within five miles of any corporate town or place where they

To determine; to settle. Bunn v. Kingsbury County, 3 S. D. 87, 62 N. W. 673. A constitutional provision to the effect that the general assembly shall fix the compensation of office

the terms “copy”, “fixed”, “musical work”, “phonorecord”, “reproduce”, “sound recordings”, and “transmit” mean those terms within the meaning of title 17; and

As ground for rejecting a furor, this phrase means a settled belief or opinion which would so strongly influence the mind of the juror and his decision in the case that he could no

Fixed guideway.—The term "fixed guideway" means a public transportation facility— (A) using and occupying a separate right-of-way for the exclusive use of public transpor

Fixed guideway bus rapid transit project.—The term "fixed guideway bus rapid transit project" means a bus capital project— (A) in which the majority of the project operat

the term “Fixed Income Investment Fund” means the Fixed Income Investment Fund established under subsection (b)(1)(B);

For purposes of paragraph (1), the term “fixed infrastructure costs” means, with respect to a Clinical Center of Excellence, the costs incurred by such Center that are not otherwis

The offence consists principally in the intention with which the preparations were made. These preparations, according to the very terms of the act, must be made within the limits

It includes a 'fixed liability' evidenced by a judgment ex delicto as well as by a judgment ex contractu, and makes the one as well as the other a provable 'debt.' There is nothing

"fixed platform" means an artificial island, installation, or structure permanently attached to the sea-bed for the purpose of exploration or exploitation of resources or

The term “fixed-price contract” means a contract between a retailer and a consumer under which the retailer charges the consumer a set price for propane, kerosene, or heating oil w

The term “fixed rate mortgage” means a residential mortgage that has an interest rate that is not subject to change.

The term “fixed route system” means a system of providing designated public transportation on which a vehicle is operated along a prescribed route according to a fixed schedule. /

One which is definitely ascertained and prescribed as to amount and time of payment, and does not depend upon the receipt of fees or other contingent emoluments; not necessarily a

Fr. [from Lat. fugere.] In old English law. To fly or flee; to chase or drive. Kel Jiam. L. Fr, Diet, Flight. Fuer en fait; flight in fact, was when a man did apparently and corpor

In practice. Rendering absolute the liability of special bail. The bail are fixed upon the issue of a ca. sa. (capias ad satis facienduniy against the defendant (2 Nott & McC. [S.

Determining the amount of bail or bond which a prisoner must find for his release from custody.

Testing coin by a jury of the Goldsmiths' Company.

The agreement must expressly specify or 'fix' a sum certain or percentage of the payment for child support before any of the payment is excluded from the wife's income. The statuto

a thing fixed or affixed to another thing. A thing fixed in a greater or less degree to realty.' Anything annexed to the freehold; that is, fastened to or connected with it. A chat

the rolling stock owned by it, and used and employed in connection with the road, is made a fixture by an express statute of the State of Wisconsin, and such, we think, is the law

The doctrine concerning this class of fixtures, which is a strong innovation upon the common law rule that all buildings become a part of the freehold as soon as they are placed up

The general rule of the common law certainly is, that whatever is once annexed to the freehold becomes part of it, and cannot afterwards be removed, except by him who is entitled t

A cheating; deceit; imposition; fraud. Compare Dolus. rraus est eelare fraudem. It is a fraud to conceal a fraud. Concealment (g. «.) may amount to fraud. Fraus latet in generalibu

I. I In old English law. To plead; to state to a court in form of law; to litigate; to make the subject of a plea or action; to implead or prosecute. Placitantur placita: pleas are

A place covered with standing water.

To every true American the flag is the symbol of the nation's power,—the emblem of freedom in its truest, best sense. It is not extravagant to say that to all lovers of the country

DUTY OF THE. Saluting the British flag, by striking the flag, and lowering the topsails of a vessel, exacted as a tribute to the sovereignty of England over the British seas.

This was aD ancient ceremony in acknowledgment of British sovereignty over the British seas, by which a foreign vessel struck her flag and lowered her top-sail on meeting the Briti

Whipped; scourged. An entry on old Scotch records. 1 Pitc. Crim. Tr. pt. 1, p. 7.

The term “flag officer” means an officer of the Navy or Coast Guard serving in or having the grade of admiral, vice admiral, rear admiral, or rear admiral (lower half). / The term

any flag of the United States, or any part thereof, made of any substance, of any size, in a form that is commonly displayed.

Burning; raging; in actual perpetration. Flagrans helium, a war actually going on. Flagrans crimen, a crime in the act of perpetration, or just perpetrated.

In Roman law. A term denoting that a crime is being or has just been committed. For example, when a crime has just been committed, and the corpus delictum is publicly exposed, or i

See those titles.

A war actually going on.

In French law. A crime which is in actual process of perpetration or which has just bcen committed. Code d'Instr. Crim. art. 41.

L In the heat, excitement or actual commission of an act. Flagrante bello: during actual war. Flagrante delicto, malefleio, crimiue: in the heat of the offense, in the very act

During an actual state of war. FLAGRANTE DELICTO (Lat.) In the very act of committing the crime. 4 Bl. Comm. 307.

In the very act of committing the crime. 4 Bl. Comm. 307.

During an actual state of war.

In the perpetration of the act.

A case of urgency rendering lawful an otherwise illegal act, as an assault to remove a man from impending danger.

The term “FLAME Fund” means a FLAME Wildfire Suppression Reserve Fund established by subsection (b).

Lat. Inold Eng. lish law. Inhabitants of Flanders; Flemings. Sicut de terris Kormannorum et Flandrentium. Bract, fol. 87 b.

A check drawn upon a banker by a person who has no funds at the banker's and knows tbat such is the case.

“Flashing light” means a light flashing at regular intervals at a frequency of 120 flashes or more per minute.

The word "flat," as used with relation to stock transactions on the marketj means "without interest." 205 111. 90. Flats are as much separate dwellings as ordinary adjoining houses

The exaction of a tax as a condition to the exercise of the great liberties guaranteed by the First Amendment is as obnoxious as the imposition of a censorship or a previous restra

In Roman law. The title of a book containing the forms of actions, published by Cneius Flavius, A. U. C. 449. Mackeld. Rom. Law, § 39. Calvin.

Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the term “flavors content” means alcohol derived from flavors of a type for which drawback is allowable under section 5114.

The plea side of a court is that branch or department of the court which entertains or takes cognizance of civil actions and suits, as distinguished from Its criminal or crown depa

A feathered- or fleet arrow. Cowell.

A discharge or freedom from amercements where one having been an outlawed fugitive cometh to the place of our lord of his own accord. Termes de la Ley. The liberty to hold court an

The pardon of an outlaw; the price paid by him therefor.

A discharge or freedom from amercements where one having been an outlawed fugitive cometh to the place of our lord of his own accord. Termes de la Ley. The liberty to hold court an

To cheat; to rob.

See "Fugitive from Justice."

the term “fleet” means a group of 20 or more light duty motor vehicles, used primarily in a metropolitan statistical area or consolidated metropolitan statistical area, as establis

There were in the neighborhood of the Fleet prison about sixty marriage houses, some of which were public houses and others not. They were known by having a sign-board, with joined

A figurative expression used in the criminal law to express the duty of one assailed by violence to retreat as far as he safely may before making violent resistance. It probably or

In Saxon and old English law. A.fugitive bondman or villein. Spelman.

FLEMENES FRINTHE, or flymena frynthe. The reception or relief of a fugitive or outlaw. Jacob.

The reception or relief of a fugitive or outlaw. Jacob.

Sax. Blount makes this to be properly flymenafyrmthe, (Sax. flyma, a fugitive, and fyrmthe, a receiving;) the receiving or relieving a fugitive. LL. Ince, c. 29, 47. LL. Hen. I. c.

sax. In old English law. The receiving or relieving of a fugitive.

sax. In Saxon and old English law. A fine imposed upon a fugitive.

Flymenfirma. Sax. & L. Lat. [from Sax. flymen, fugitives, and firma, from feorme, food.] In Saxon and old English law. The sustenance or support of fugitives, or outlaws. LL. Hen.

flymenflrma, sax. In Saxon and old English law. The sustenance or support of fugitives, or outlaws; the fine for such oflensa

The offense of harboring a fugitive from justice.

The possession of the goods of fugitives. Fleta, lib. 1, c. 147.

House; home. Cowell.

The title of an ancient law book, supposed to have been written by a judge while confined in the Fleet prison. It is written in Latin, and is divided into six books. The author liv

Lat. [from Sax. fleoien^ to float or flow.] In old English law. An estuary; a stream, canal or tiitch, where the tide ebbs and flows; {cestuarium, fluentum, seu canalis quern aqua

Same as Flet.

The terms “flexible premium life insurance contract” and “contract” mean a life insurance contract (including any qualified additional benefits) which provides for the payment of o

The term "flexibly priced contract" has the meaning given the term "flexibly-priced contracts and subcontracts" in part 30 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation

Definition.—In this subsection, the term “flexiplace work telecommuting program” means a program under which employees of a department or agency set out in paragraph (2) are permit

In Saxon law. A fine on account of brawls and quarrels. Spelman.

The term “flight” means, with respect to an aircraft, the period beginning when the aircraft takes off and ending when the aircraft lands.

Flight Attendant Defined.—In this section, the term "flight attendant" means an individual working as a flight attendant in the cabin of an aircraft that has 20 or more s

“flight engineer” means an individual who holds a flight engineer certificate issued under part 63 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations.

all aircraft fully equipped ready for flight used in air commerce.

The same as Fledwitk (g. v.J.

Same as Fledwit.

The grant was in the nature of a float until this line was permanently fixed.