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A French coin, of the value of about eighteen cents.

In French law. An absolutely free inheritance; allodial lands. Generally, however, the word denotes an inheritance free from seignorial rights, though held subject to the sovereign

A republic of Europe. The National Assembly, February 17, 1871, declared itself the depositary of sovereign power, and in August elected M. Thiers president. Tlie law of February 2

I. I. In old English law. To enfrancliise; to make free.

A freeman. Blount.

This special privilege, conferred on the corporation by the sovereign power, of obstructing the navigation, did not belong to the country generally by common right, and is therefor

The term “franchisee” means a retailer or distributor (as the case may be) who is authorized or permitted, under a franchise, to use a trademark in connection with the sale, consig

For purposes of this section, the term “franchise expiration” means the date of the expiration of the term of the franchise, as provided under the franchise, as it was in effect on

the term “franchise fee” includes any tax, fee, or assessment of any kind imposed by a franchising authority or other governmental entity on a cable operator or cable subscriber, o

The term “franchise-related document” means— (A) a franchise under this chapter; and (B) any other contract or directive of a franchisor relating to terms or conditions of the sale

The term “franchise relationship” means the respective motor fuel marketing or distribution obligations and responsibilities of a franchisor and a franchisee which result from the

term contracts for the licensing of films

while franchises to be are not transferable without express authority, there are other franchises to have, to hold, and to use, which are contractual and proprietary in their natur

It is not a direct tax upon the allocated income of the corporation in a given year, but a tax for the privilege of doing business in one year measured by the allocated income accr

It is settled that where by way of duties laid on the transportation of the subjects of interstate commerce, or on the receipts derived therefrom, or on the occupation or business

the term “franchising authority” means any governmental entity empowered by Federal, State, or local law to grant a franchise;

The term “franchisor” means a refiner or distributor (as the case may be) who authorizes or permits, under a franchise, a retailer or distributor to use a trademark in connection w

France, Bract, fol. 427b.

A designation formerly given to aliens in England.

Lat. A franchise. Sj)elnum.

Franclin. [L. Fr. fraunclein; L. Lat. franchilanus.] In old English law. A freeman, (libertus;) a freeholder, or free tenant, (qui libere tenet.) Spelman.

A freeholder.

Free; a freeman; a Pranfc. Spelman. Francus Bancus. Free bench (q. v.) Francus Homo. A free man. Francus Plegius. In old English law. A frank pledge, or free pledge. Spelman. Franc

Free bench.

A freeman.

A frank pledge.

A freeholder.

A freeholder. See Frank-Tenement.

A freeholder.

Free bench, (q. v.)

?. Their baton is broken. A term anciently applied to a person convicted of felony upon confession, signifying that he could not bring an appeal.

In old English law. Free bench. Litt. § 166; Co.. Litt. 110b. See Free Ben ch.

In English law. A species of estate held in socage, said by Britton to be "lands and tenements whereof the nafure of the fee is changed by feoffment out of chivalry for certain yea

“frank” means the autographic or facsimile signature of persons authorized by sections 3210–3216 and 3218 of this title to transmit matter through the mail without prepayment of po

Free alms; vices, without fealty, in themselves and their service was where certain the lord might distrain; complain to the ordinary. chase: free chase. demesne, lands in fee vice

A species of ancient holds its lands of the donor, in consideration of the religious services it performs.- In the United States, religious corporations hold land by the same tenur

In English law. Free alms. A spiritual tenure whereby religious corporations, aggregate or sole, held lands of the donor to them and their successors forever. They were discharged

FRANKALMOiGNE. A species of ancient tenure, in England, whereby a religious corporation, aggregate or sole, holds its lands of the donor, in consideration of the religious services

In old English law. Free bench. Litt. § 166; Co. Litt. 110b. See under "Francus."

Free chase. The liberty or franchise of having a chase.

“franked mail” means mail which is transmitted in the mail under a frank;

Lands not held in ancient demesne. Called "lands pleadable at common law." Reg. Orig. 12, 14; Pitzh. Nat. Brev. 161; Termes de la Ley. That which a man holds to himself and ' his h

In English law. A species of estate held in socage, said by Lritton to be “lands and tenements whereof the nature of the fee is changed by feoffment out of chivalry for certain yea

Lands or tenements where the nature of the fee is changed by feoffment from knight's service to yearly service, and whence no homage but such as is contained in the feoffment may b

In old English law. Free fold; a privilege for the lord to have all the sheep of his tenants and the inhabitants within his seigniory, in his fold, in his demesnes, to manure his l

The privilege of sending certain matter through the public mails without payment therefor. It is enjoyed by various officers of the federal government, theoretically for the public

The rights of a freeman or a citizen.

FRANCLING, or FRANKlln. A freeman; a freeholder; a gentleman. Blount; Cowell. FRASSETUM (Law Lat.) In old English law. A wood, or ground that is woody. Co. Litt. 4b; Shep. Touch. 9

[L. Lat. franchilanus, q. v.] In old English law. A substantial householder; a freeman or gentleman. Fortescue de L. L. Angliae, c. 29, and note (m). In modern spelling, a franklin

A freeholder.

A species of estate tail where the donee had married one of kin (as daughter or cousin) to the donor, and held the estate subject to the implied condition that the estate was to de

A pledge or surety for freemen. Termes de la Ley. The bond or pledge which the inhabitants of a tithing entered into for each one of their number that he should be forthcoming to a

In old English law, A pledge or surety for freemen; that is, the pledge, or corporate responsibility, of all the inhabitants of a tithing for the general good behavior of each free

A freeholder. Litt. § 91.

In English law. A free tenement, freeholding, or freehold. 2 Bl. Comm. 61, 62, 104; 1 Steph. Comm. 217; Bracton, fol. 207. Used to denote both the tenure and the estate,

A free tenement, freeholding, or freehold. 2 Bl. Comm. 6l, 62, 104; 1 Steph. Comm. 217; Bract, fol. 207. Used to denote both the tenure and the estate.

Free tenure.

A misrepresentation or concealment of some fact that is materini to the contract, and had the truth regarding which been known the contract would not have been made as made, is cal

It is a fraud to conceal a fraud. 1 Vern. 240; 1 Story, Eq. Jur. §§ 389, 390.

Fraud is odious, and not to be presumed. Cro. Car. 550.

Fraud and deceit should defend or excuse no man. 3 Coke, 78; Fleta, llb. 1, c. 13, § 15; Id. lib. 6, c. 6, § 5.

Wing. 680. Fraud and justice never dwell together.

Fraud lies hid in. general expressions.

Lat In the civil law. Fraud of law; fraud upon law. See In Fraudem Legis.

Plowd. 100. Fraud merits fraud.

Doer; maker. Feasors del esictute, makers of the statute. Dyer, 38.

A wood.

A fraternity; a brotherhood.

A brother.

A brother born of the same father.

A brother shall not succeed a uterine brother in the paternal inheritance.

A fraternity, brotherhood, or society of religious persons, who were mutually bound to pray for the good health and life, etc., of their living brethren, and the souls of those tha

Brotherly; relating or belonging to a fraternity or an association of persons formed for mutual aid and benefit, but not for profit —Fraternal benefit association. A society or vol

A society or voluntary association organized and carried on for the mutual aid and banefit of its mem-bars, not for profit; which ordinarily has a lodge system, a ritualistic form

A form of mutual life, and perhaps, also, health and accident, insurance. Its distinguishing characteristics seem to be (a) that it is written on members of a fraternal or benefici

A fraternity or brotherhood.

A body of men associated for business, pleasure, or social intercourse, by some common tie, either natural, as of the like business, interest or character, or formal, as for religi

A bastard brother.

A uterine brother, one born of the same mother.

Sworn brothers or companions for the defense of their sovereign or for other purposes. Hoved. 445.

In old English law. Certain friars who wore white and black garments. Walsingham, 124.

A younger brother's inheritance.

The killing of a brother or sister. One who has killed his brother or sister.

the act of embezzlement, which is the fraudulent appropriation to one's own use of the money or goods entrusted to one's care by another.

The terms “fraud alert” and “active duty alert” mean a statement in the file of a consumer that— (A) notifies all prospective users of a consumer report relating to the consumer th

In this section, the term “fraud and abuse” means any conduct specified in subsection (a) or (b) of section 1128A of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1320a–7a ).

In equity, as at law, fraud and injury must concur to furnish ground for judicial action; a mere fraudulent intent, unaccompanied by any injurious act, is not the subject of judici

In Civil Law. To cbeat; defraud; deceive.

That fraud is cognizable in a court of law, as well as in a court of equity, is a well established principle.

See In fraudem legis .

Actual, positive, intentional fraud. Fraud disclosed by matters of fact, as distinguisiied from construct ive fraud or fraud in law.

acts which, though not fraudulently intended, yet as their tendency is to defraud creditors, if they vest the property of the debtor in his grantee, they are void for legal fraud,

Fraud is not presumed, and one who bases a right or defense upon it should allege and prove it.

A name given to orders Issued by the post-master general, under R. S. §§ 3929, 4041, for preventing the use of the mails as an agency for conducting schemes for obtaining money or

The term "fraud protection data" means a combination of the following information with respect to an individual: (A) The name of the individual (including the first name

Fraud resolution systems.—The term “fraud resolution services” means services to assist an individual in the process of recovering and rehabilitating the credit of the individual a

STATUTE OF. The name commonly given to St. 29 Car. II. c. 3, entitled, "An Act for the Prevention of Frauds and Perjuries"; and to statutes of the various states patterned thereon,

This is the common designation of a very celebrated English statute, (29 Car. II. c. 3,) passed in 1677, and which bas been adopted, in a more or less modified form, in nearly all

They stand upon widely different principles from those where the objectionable items are fictitious, and inserted in the bond with the intent to defraud third persons. The entire s

Where a plaintiff has been injured by fraud and 'remains in ignorance of it without any fault or want of diligence or care on his part, the bar of the statute does not begin to run