Law Dictionary

See "Estates."

someone with a fee or similar estate in land.

In American law. The name of a court formerly established in South Carolina for the trial of slaves and free persons of color for criminal offenses.

Same as Freehold.

A freehold which has descended to a man, upon which he may enter at pleasure, but which he has not entered on. Termes de la Ley.

Socleties in England designed for the purpose of enabling mechanics, artisans, and other Working men to purchase, at the least possible price, a piece of freehold land of a suffici

The term “free institution” means an institution that emerged out of Western civilization, such as democracy, constitutional government, individual rights, market economics, religi

A term formerly used in England to designate the freedom of civil rights enjoyed by freemen. It was liable to forfeiture on conviction of treason or an infamous crime. McCafferty v

In American law. An estate real property. Frannck estate: a free estate. Fraiink ferine: frank or free Fraunk tenement: a free tenefraudem: it is a fraud to conceal a prsesumenda:

In this subsection, the term “Freely Associated State” means the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau.

The term “Freely Associated States” means the Republic of Palau, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands. / The term "Freely Associated St

One who Is not a slave; one born free, or made so. In Old English Law. A freeholder, as distinguished from a villein. An inhabitant of a city. St. 1 Hen. VI. c. 11; 3 Steph. Comm.

A list of persons admitted as burgesses or freemen for the purposes of the rights reserved by the municipal corporation act (5 & 6 Wm. IV. c. 76). Distinguished from the burgess ro

Before the Norman Conquest, a free man might be a man of small estate dependent on a lord. Every man, not himself a lord, was bound to have a lord or be treated as unworthy of a fr

In English law. A list of all persons admitted burgesses or freemen for the purpose of those rights which are reserved by the Municipal Corporation Act, (6 <fe 6 Will. IV. c. 76,)

Abbreviated f. o. b. in the law of sales. A sale free on board is one in which the seller agrees to deliver the goods on board cars or ship at a place named, at his own expense, fr

The designation 'free pass,' as applied to transportation issued or given by railroad companies to shippers and caretakers of stock, had acquired a definite and well-known meaning,

The maintenance of the opportunity for free political discussion to the end that government may be responsive to the will of the people and that changes may be obtained by lawful m

The term “free public education” means education that is— (A) provided at public expense, under public supervision and direction, and without tuition charge; and (B) provided as el

employees who receive the benefits of union representation but are unwilling to contribute their fair share of financial support to such union

Such as it was not unbecoming the character of a soldier or freeman to perform; as, to serve under his lord in the wars, to pay a sum of money, and the like. 2 Bl. Comm. 62; 1 Wash

The free shareholders of a building and loan association are subscribers to its capital stock who are not borrowers from the association. Steinberger v. Independent B. & S. Assn, 8

Neutral ships. "Free ships make free goods" is a phrase often used in treaties to denote that the goods on board neutral ships shall be free from confiscation, even though belongin

by our treaty with Spain, (treaty of 1795, art. 15.,) declaring that free ships shall make free goods, the property of an enemy on board of such a ship is just as much protected fr

Tenure in free socage is a tenure by certain and honorable services which yet are not military. 1 Spence, Eq. Jur. 52; Dalr. Feud. Prop. c. 2, § 1; 1 Washb. Real Prop. 25. Called,

In old English law. Tenants in free socage. Glanv. lib. 3, c. 7; 2 Bl. Comm. 79. FREE (or FRANK) TENURE. Freehold tenure. The opposite of the ancient villeinage or modern copyhold.

The term “freestanding birth center” means a health facility— (i) that is not a hospital; (ii) where childbirth is planned to occur away from the pregnant woman's residence; (iii)

The term “freestanding birth center services” means services furnished to an individual at a freestanding birth center (as defined in subparagraph (B)) at such center.

fretare, I. I. In old English Frectatus: freighted. Fretati freighted with wines.

Freehold tenure; tenure by free services.

The term “free trade area country” means the following: (A) Canada for such time as the USMCA is in force with respect to, and the United States applies the USMCA to, Canada. (B) M

free trade in the opportunity to persuade to action, not merely to describe facts.

We do not hold that 'free transfer' can have no place in a desegregation plan. But like 'freedom of choice,' if it cannot be shown that such a plan will further rather than delay c

A franchise for the pre- Co. Litt. 233. This franchise gave the grantee sole right of killing, so far as his warren extended, on condition of excluding other persons. 2 Sharswood,

The freezing order immobilized the assets covered by its terms so that title to them might not shift from person to person except by license until the Government could determine wh

The rent reserved on granting a fee-farm. It might be one-fourth the value of the land, according to Cowell; one-third, according to other authors. Spelman; Termes de la Ley; 2 Bl.

not the thing carried, but the compensation for the carriage of it.

He to whom a ship or vessel has been hired, and who loads her under his contract; he who loads a general ship. 3 Kent, Comm. 173; 3 Pardessus, note 704.

The forwarder thus has some of the characteristics of both carrier and shipper. In its relations with its customers, a forwarder is subjected by the Act to many of the requirements

The term “Freight Office” means the Office of Multimodal Freight Infrastructure and Policy established under subsection (b).

By the capture, the captors are substituted in lieu of the original owners, and they take the property cum onere. They are, therefore, responsible for the freight which then attach

the master is entitled to freight pro rata itineris in all cases where there has been a voluntary acceptance of the goods at the port of disaster. The rate is to be ascertained by

“freight vessel” means a motor vessel of more than 15 gross tons as measured under section 14502 of this title , or an alternate tonnage measured under section 14302 of this title

Law-French, which is used in old law-books and legal proceedings, exhibits many terms and idioms not employed in classic French. Under William the Norman and his sons, all the publ

In early times. In English law, this term was applied to every stranger or "outlandish" man. Bracton, lib. 3, tr. 2, c. 15.

As the French system of weights and measures is the most scientific plan known, and as the commercial connexions of the United States with France are daily increasing, it has been

On January 20, 1885 ( 23 Stat. L. 283), congress authorized all citizens of the United States or their legal representatives, to present to the court of claims valid claims which t

or FRENDLESMAN (Saxon). The ancient name of an outlaw (utlaughe) in England. So called, according to Bracton, because he forfeited his friends (quod forisfadt amicos); all persons

A fine for harboring an outlawed friend.

or FRENDWITE. A fine exacted from him who harbored an outlawed friend. Cowell; Cunningham. A quittance for for fang (exemption from the penalty of taking provisions before the king

In old English law. A madman, or person in a frenzy. Fleta, lib. 1, c. 36.

Same as Freneticus.

A free surety or free pledge. Spelman. See "Frank Pledge."

Sax. [from freoborhee, a free pledge, and heofod, head.] In Saxon law. The head of a friborg or free pledge; a chief pledge. Spelman, voc. Friborga. Fr«qae Btis actus maliam •perat

Acertain portion of the produce of the land due by the grantee to the lord aceording to the terms of the charter. Spel. Feuds, c. 7.

To visit often; to resort to often or habitually. 109 Ind. 176. To "frequent" a place is to frequently go there, or to be in the habit of going there. Therefore a conviction cannot

proof of an established royalty furnishes a pretty safe guide both for the instructions of the court and the finding of the jury.

The frequency of the act effects much.

The frequency of an act effects much. 4 Coke, 78; Wing. Max. p. 719, max. 192. A continual usage is of great effect to establish a right

inferior" or "subordinate" (internal quotation marks omitted)); 18 Oxford English Dictionary 950 (2d ed. 1989) ("under" means, among other things, "[i]n accordance with "(some regu

For purposes of this subsection, the term “frequently abused drug” means a drug that is a controlled substance that the Secretary determines to be frequently abused or diverted.

Fr. A brother. Frere eyne, elder brother. Frere puisne, younger brother. Britt c. 75.

In old records. Fresh water, or rain and land flood. Cowell.

Fr. Fresh or new. Britt. c. 5. Freschement; freshly, newly. Id. cc. 15, 43.

Immediate; recent; following without any material interval. —Fresh disseisin. By the ancient common law, where a man had been disseised, he was allowed to right himself by force, b

Such disseisin as a man may seek to defeat of himself, and by his own power, without the help of the king or judges. There was no limit set to the time within which this might be d

A fiood or overflowing of a river by means of rains or melted snow; an Inundation. Stover v. Ins. Co., 3 Phlla. (Pa.) 42.

A fine levied within a year. St. Westminster II. (13 Edw. I.) c. 45; Cowell. 4. The heir or reversioner in a case of disseisin by fresh force was allowed a remedy in chancery by bi

Force used within the next preceding forty days. See Assize of fresh force .

An immediate pursuit of an escaping criminal. The phrase does not imply instant pursuit, but pursuit without unreasonable delay. See 27 Cal. 574; 70 Miss. 253. FRESH SUIT (Law Lat.

Same as Fresh pursuit.

This was only carrying out, in our confederate form of government, the clear right of every man at common law to make fresh suit and recapture of his own property within the realm.

A fresh-water river, like a tidal river, is composed of the alveus, or bed, and the water; but it has banks instead of shores. Gould Waters, § 45. FRET (Ft.) In French marine law.

The term “freshwater turtle” means any member of the family Carettochelyidae, Chelidae, Chelydridae, Dermatemydidae, Emydidae, Geoemydidae, Kinosternidae, Pelomedusidae, Platystern

Freight.

To freight.

A freighter.

In old English law. Freight money. Cowell.

In old English law. The freight of a ship; freight money. Cowell.

A strait. Fretum Britannic Mm, the strait between Dover and Calais. Otherwise called Fretum Gallicum. Cowell.

The struit 'between Dover and Calnis.

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

The term “friable asbestos-containing material” means any asbestos-containing material applied on ceilings, walls, structural members, piping, duct work, or any other part of a bui

An order of religious persons of whom there were four principal branches, from whom the rest descend, viz.: (1) Franciscans, or Grey Friars; (2) Augustines; (3) Dominicans, or Blac

I. I. Things sent before; things mentioned before. In modem phrase, premises.

friborgh. In frank pledge; one decennary, and also has a right by descent, but upon which he has possesses a freehold estate; a free tenant or made free; a person not a slave; a pe

Sax. [from friborgh, a free pledge, and heofod, head.] A chief pledge, or head of a friborg. LL. Edw. Conf. c. 19.

Same as Freoborgh.

(Also, Frithborg, Frithborgh, Friborg, Froborg, and Freoburgh.) (Sax.) A kind of frank-pledge whereby the principal men were bound for themselves and servants. Fleta, lib. 1, cap.

In civil law. A slight dissension between husband and wife, which produced a momentary separation, without any intention to dissolve the marriage, in which it differed from a divor

The term “friction surface” means an interior or exterior surface that is subject to abrasion or friction, including certain window, floor, and stair surfaces. / The term “friction

D. 622. Wharton.

or FRITHBORG. Frank pledge. Cowell. Security for the peace. Spelman. FRIDHBURGUS (Saxon). A kind of frank pledge, whereby the principal men were bound for themselves and servants.

Frankpledge. Cowell. Security for the peace, Spelman.

In old English law. A kind of frank-pledge, by which the lords or principal men were made responsible for their dependents or servants. Bract, fol. 124b.

In Saxon law. A seat, chair or place of peace; an asylum, refuge, or sanctuary for offenders. Spelman; Cowell.

Compare Ami; Amicus. One favorably disposed to another person. Friend of the cotirt. A disinterested by-stander who furnishes information to the judge trying a cause, or to a court

An outlaw. Cowell.

“Friendly foreign force” means any military, naval, or air force of any friendly foreign state with respect to which this chapter is operative by virtue of a Presidential declarati

there should be no 'friendly' receiverships, because the receiver is an officer of the court and should be as free from 'friendliness' to a party as should the court itself