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Based on fraud; proceeding from or characterized by fraud; tainted by fraud; done, made or effected with a purpose or design to carry out a fraud. —Fraudulent alienation. In a gene
In a general sense, the transfer of property with an intent to defraud creditors, lienors, or others. In a particular sense, the act of an administrator who wastes the assets of th
One who knowingly receives from an administrator assets of the estate under circumstances which make it a fraudulent alienation on the part of the administrator. Id.
It is a settled rule of this court, that if a party will attempt to impose upon the court by knowingly or fraudulently claiming as his own property belonging in part to others, he
The term "fraudulent claims" means the knowing misrepresentation of a material fact or facts by a health care entity or provider made to induce the Secretary to pay a cla
The hiding or suppression of a material fact or circumstance which the party is legally or morally bound to disclose. Magee v. Insurance Co., 92 U. S. 93 , 23 L. Ed. 699 ; Page v.
- fraudulent conveyancedefined inCase LawCyclopedic (1922)Ballentine's (1916)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Kinney (1893)Black's (1891)Burrill (1850)
Conveyances may be fraudulent because the debtor intends to put the property and its proceeds beyond the reach of his creditors; or because he intends to hinder and delay them as a
The name given to two celebrated English statutes, —the statute 13 Eliz. c. 5, made perpetual by 29 Eliz. c. 5 ; and the statute 27 Eliz. c. 4, made perpefual by 29 Eliz. c. 18.
A transfer of property as security which reserves to the transferor the right to dispose of the same, or to apply the proceeds thereof, for his own uses, is, as to creditors, fraud
the mere averment that a particular defendant had been joined for the fraudulent purpose of defeating the right of removal which would otherwise exist is not in law sufficient. If
As this allegation avers new matter, not responsive to the bill, it cannot be regarded unless it be proved.
See "Preferences." ^RAUNC, FRAUNCHE, or FRAUNKE. See "Frank."
A false statement, made with knowledge of its falsity, with the intention to persuade another or influence his action, and on which that other relies and by which he is deceived to
One made foi the purpose of defrauding the creditors of the owner of the property, by covering up or removing from their reach and converting into cash property which would be subj
of becoming the purchaser of the property estimated as above, for the sum of nine dollars thirteen and one-half cents… Such is the history of a transaction which the appellant asks
In a fraudulent transfer the fraud is actual,—the bankrupt has secured an advantage for himself out of what in law should belong to his creditors, and not to him.
the gist of the liability is the fraud implied in selling with notice of the insolvency of the bank, and with intent to evade the double liability imposed upon the stockholder by t
Proof of fraudulent purposes is essential—an 'actual intent to deceive.' ... fraud under the mail statutes is not established merely by proving that an incorrect statement was made
It is not a case of a direct reservation of a higher interest than the law allows, since on the face of the note, only six per cent. is reserved; but the facts are calculated to pr
it is laid down as a general rule, that whatever is done in fraud of a law, is done in violation of it. That if a vessel, with an original intention to go to a foreign port, compli
FRAUNCHH, FRAUNKE., See FRang,
Fr. Free. Fraunche ley; frank-law. Britt, c, 52. Ascuns fraunches, et ascuns enserves; some free and some bound. Id, c. 54.
Free.
A franchise. FRAUS (Lat. fraud). More commonly called, in the civil law, "dolus" and "dolus malus" (qv.). A distinction, however, was sometimes made between "fraus" and "dolus"; th
fraanck, I. fr. Free; frank. Frauttck plegge: frank pledge. farm. Fraunk home: a freeman. ment; a freehold.
A freeman.
See Frank.
fraunke,/c. Free. Fraunk homo: a freeman.
- Frausdefined inBallentine's (1916)Black's (1910)Kinney (1893)Black's (1891)Stimson (1881)Burrill (1850)
Fraud.
Fraud in the making of the contract.
It l3 a fraud to conceal a fraud. 1 Vern. 270.
It is fraud to conceal fraud.
ET NON PBAEsumenda. Fraud is odious, and not to he presumed. Cro. Car. 550. FRAUS ET DOLUS NEMINI PATROCI- FRAUS ET JUS NUNQUAM COHABITant. Fraud and justice never dwell ■ together
Fraud is odious and will not be presumed.
Fraud and deceit ought to excuse no one.
Fraud and justice never live together.
Fraud lies hidden in generalities.
(Lat.) In civil law. Fraud of law; fraud upon law. See "In Fraudem Legis."
Fraud deserves fraud. Plowd. 110; Branch, Princ. This is very poor law.
Afreeholder. See Fr RaNK-TENEMENT.
In old English law. A wood of ashes; a place where ashes grow. Co. Litt. 4b; Shep. Touch. 95.
See "Aferay."
In feudal law. A kind of benefices, so called because they were possessed by the more eminent templars, whom the chief master by his authority created and called "Prœceptores Templ
A list of persons admitted as burgesses or freemen for the purposes of the rights reserved by the municipal corporation act, (5 & 6 Wm, IY, ce. 76.) Distinguished from the Burgess
tribuch, Trebuchetura, I In old English law. A tumbrel" or cucking-stool.
preces, I. Day's-works, performed for the lord in harvest time by the tenants of certain manors.
To freight.
- Frectumdefined inCyclopedic (1922)Ballentine's (1916)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Kinney (1893)Burrill (1850)
In Old English law. Freight. Blount.
The term "Freddie Mac conforming loan limit" means the limit determined under section 305(a)(2) of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act (12 U.S.C. 1454(a)(2)) f
A liberty to hold courts and take up the fines for beating and wounding. Cowell; Cunningham. To be free from fines.
or FRIDSTOLE. Sanctuaries; seats of peace.
Sanctuaries; seats of peace.
A fine paid for obtaining pardon when the peace had been broken. Spelman; Blount. A sum paid the magistrate for protection against the right of revenge. 1 Robertson, Hist. Charles
or FREDWITE. A liberty to hold courts and take up the flhes for beating and wounding. Jacob, Law Diet
fridwite, frithwite, sax. In paid to obtain peace, or exemption
- Freedefined inCase LawCyclopedic (1922)Ballentine's (1916)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Kinney (1893)Black's (1891)Burrill (1850)
a privilege to print or pray without permission and without accounting to authority for one's actions.
Tenure by indefinite spiritual Services; frankalmoigne (q. v.).
International union elections must be held not less often than once every five years and local union elections not less often than once every three years. Elections must be by secr
this confession was not free and voluntary but was the product of coercion and duress, that petitioner was no longer able freely to admit or to deny or to refuse to answer, and tha
special education and related services which (A) have been provided at public expense, under public supervision and direction, and without charge, (B) meet the standards of the Sta
The title to property is said to be "free and clear" when it is not incumbered by any liens; but it is said that an agreement to convey land "free and clear" is satisfied by a conv
Copyhold lands which the wife has for dower after the decease of her husband. Kitch. Cts. 102; Bracton, lib. 4, tr. 6, c. 13, No. 2; Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 150; Plowd. 411. Dower in cop
A widow's dower out of copyholds to which she is entitled by the custom of some manors. It is regarded as an excrescence growing out of the husband's interest, and is indeed a cont
“freeboard” means the distance from the mark of the load line assigned under this chapter to the freeboard deck.
“freeboard deck” means the deck or other structure the Secretary prescribes by regulation.
An allowance of land outside the fence, which may be claimed by the owner. An allowance, in some places, two
In old records. An allowance of land over and above a certain limit or boundary, as so much beyond or without a fence. Cowell; Blount. The right of claiming that quantity. Termes d
- Free-Borough Mendefined inCyclopedic (1922)Ballentine's (1916)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Black's (1891)
Such great men as did not engage, like the frank-pledge men, for their decennier. Jacob.
One which had charter rights from the crown.
A frank pledge.
A chapel founded by the king, and exempted from the jurisdiction of the ordinary. It may be one founded or endowed by a private person under a grant from the king. Cowell; Termes d
(A) For purposes of this subsection, the term "free clinic" means a health care facility operated by a nonprofit private entity meeting the following requirements: (i) Th
Effective control means that such signs, displays, or devices after January 1, 1968, if located within six hundred and sixty feet of the right-of-way and, on or after July 1, 1975,
a free and open market among both buyers and sellers for the sale and distribution of commodities.
Having the wind from a favorable quarter. To prevent collision of vessels, it is the duty of the vessel having the wind free to give way to a vessel beating up to windward and tack
A vessel having the wind from a favorable quarter is said to sail on a "free course," or said to be "going free" when she has a fair (following) wind and her yards braced in. The Q
In Roman law. A person who had been released from a state of servitude. See "Liberti."
The power by which man can do what does not interfere with the rights of another; its basis is nature; its standard is justice; its protection is law; its moral boundary is the max
more than freedom from handcuffs, straitjackets, or detention cells.
The matter in dispute in this case, is the freedom of the petitioners. The judgment of the court below is against their claims to freedom; the matter in dispute is, therefore, to t
freedom to engage in association for the advancement of beliefs and ideas is an inseparable aspect of the 'liberty' assured by the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, w
Freedom of choice' is not a sacred talisman; it is only a means to a constitutionally required end—the abolition of the system of segregation and its effects. If the means prove ef
This court has had frequent occasion to declare that there is no absolute freedom of contract. The exercise of the police power fixing weights and measures and standard sizes must
more than simply the right to talk and to write.
the freedom of speech and of the press which is secured by the Constitution, does not confer an absolute right to speak or publish, without responsibility, whatever one may choose,
fundamental personal rights and liberties. The phrase is not an empty one and was not lightly used. It reflects the belief of the framers of the Constitution that exercise of the r
In English Law. Immunity from county jurisdiction, and the privilege of corporate taxation and self-government held under a charter from the crown. This freedom is enjoyed of right
The business of the Associated Press is not immune from regulation because it is an agency of the press. The publisher of a newspaper has no special immunity from the application o
The sea is open to all nations: No nation has an exclusive property in the sea.
Of that freedom one may say that it is the matrix, the indispensable condition, of nearly every other form of freedom.
Thus the Amendment embraces two concepts,—freedom to believe and freedom to act. The first is absolute but, in the nature of things, the second cannot be.
The First Amendment declares that Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. The Fourteenth Amendment has rendered
INGRESS AND EGRESS. The right to go upon land from time to time,as required to assert any right, as to take emblements.
An expression used to denote that a person has the right to go on land again and again as often as may be reasonably necessary. Thus, in the case uf a tenant entitled to emblements
The term “Free Exercise Clause” means that portion of the first amendment to the Constitution that proscribes laws prohibiting the free exercise of religion.
if the purpose or effect of a law is to impede the observance of one or all religions or is to discriminate invidiously between religions, that law is constitutionally invalid even
The constitutional inhibition of legislation on the subject of religion has a double aspect. On the one hand, it forestalls compulsion by law of the acceptance of any creed or the
- Free Fisherydefined inCyclopedic (1922)Ballentine's (1916)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Black's (1891)Burrill (1850)
A franchise which gives an exclusive right of fishing in a public navigable river, without any ownership on the soil. 3 Kent, Comm. 329; 2 Sharswood, Bl. Comm. 39; 1 Salk. 637; Woo
Same as Foldage.
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