Law Dictionary

lu Lat. In old records. To break up. Frussare terram; to break or plough up new ground. Cowell.

1 1 In old English law. A breaking, or sura doniorum: house breaking. Frussnra or land lately ploughed up.

A ploughing.

In vain.

He sues vainly who is unable to prosecute his judgment with effect.

A power or authority is vain which is never exercised.

It is vain to look forward to an event which is to be followed by no result.

Laws are made to no purpose, except for those that are subject and obedient. Branch, Prlnc.

It is vain to make laws unless for those who are subject and obedient.

That is done to no purpose by many things which can be done by fewer. Jenk. Cent. p. 68, case 28. The employment of more means or instruments for effecting a thing than are necessa

QUOD fieri potest per pauciora. That is done vainly by many things, which might be accomplished by fewer. Jenk. Cent. Cas. 68; Wingate, Max. 177. FRUSTRA LEGIS AUXILIUM QUAERIT qui

He acts vainly by many agencies who could act by a few of them.

He vainiy Invokes the aid of the law who transgresses the law. Fleta, llb. 4, c. 2, § 3; 2 Hale, P. C. 386; Broom, Max. 279, 297.

One vainly seeks the law’s aid who has transgressed it.

In vain you ask that which you will have immediately to restore. 2 Kames, Eq. 104; 5 Man. & G. 757.

It is vain that you should seek what you will have to restore immediately. See 15 Mass. 407.

It is vain that you should seek that which you will be compelled immediately to transfer to another.

It is vain to prove that which when proved is irrelevant. See 13 Gray (Mass.), 511.

The Court of Claims erred in failing to distinguish between an appropriation of property and the frustration of an enterprise by reason of the exercise of a superior governmental p

The test of nondeductibility always is the severity and immediacy of the frustration resulting from allowance of the deduction. Deduction of fines and penalties uniformly has been

That power is to no purpose which never comes Into act, or which is never exercised. 2 Coke, 51.

A piece or parcel of land lying by itself. Co. Litt. 5b.

A pieceor pareel of Jand lying by itself. Co. Litt. 5d.

A segregated piece or parcel of land.

I. A piece, or single tract, of land.

In old records. A place overgrown with shrubs and bushes. Spelman; Blount.

A bush.

Bushes.

In Spanish law. Fruits; products; produce; grains; profits. White, New Recop. bk. 1, tit. 7, c. 5, § 2. FRYTHE (Saxon). In old English law. An arm of the sea, or a strait between t

FYNMITH. In English Law. The affording harbor and entertainment to any one. Anc. Inst. Eng. FRYTH (Sax.). In Old English Law. A plain between woods. Co. Litt. 5 b. An arm of the se

fyrmth, sax. In Saxon law. A taking harbor and entertainment to any one.

Clear land between woods; a strait.

sax. In old English law. A plain between the sea, or a strait between two lands.

In old records. Grass; herbage. 2 Mon. Angl. 906b; Cowell.

The term “FSC” has the meaning given such term by section 922.

Vassals; persons of wealth; frank-pledges.

Approved men who were strong-armed; habentes homines or rich men, men of substance; pledges or bondsmen, who, by Saxon custom, were bound to answer for each other's good behavior.

The term “FSU” means a floating storage unit.

The term “FTAA” means the Free Trade Area of the Americas. / The term “FTAA” means the Free Trade Area for the Americas.

The term “FTC Act” means the Federal Trade Commission Act ( 15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.).

In medical jurisprudence. Destruction of the fœtus; the act by which criminal abortion is produced. 1 Beck, Med. Jut. 288; Guy, Med. Jur. 133.

In the civil law. The produce of animals, and the fruit of other property, which are acquired to the owner of such animals and property by virtue of his right. Bowyer, Mod. Civil L

In medical Jurisprudence. An unborn child. An infant in ventre sa mire.

or FOCAQE. Hearth money; a tax laid upon each fireplace or hearth. 1 Bl. Comm. 324; Spelman. An Imposition of a shilling for every hearth, levied by Edward III. (the Black Prince)

Hearth money. A tax laid upon cach fire-place or hearth. An imposition of a shilling for every hearth, levied by Edward III. in the dukedom of Aquitaine. Spelman; 1 Bl. Comin. 324.

A fine or mulct paid for theft.

As one of the objects of the police power of the state, the "public henith" means the prevailingly healthful or sanitary condition of the general body of people or the community in

In Spanish law. The body of laws granted to a city or town for its government and the administration of justice.

“fuel” means any energy source capable of propelling an automobile; / The term “fuel” means gasoline and diesel fuel. The Secretary (after consultation with the Secretary of Transp

The term “fuel cell” means a device that directly converts the chemical energy of a fuel and an oxidant into electricity by electrochemical processes occurring at separate electrod

The term “fuel cell electric vehicle” means an on-road or non-road vehicle that uses a fuel cell (as defined in section 16152 of this title ).

The term “fuel cell power plant” means an integrated system comprised of a fuel cell stack assembly, or linear generator assembly, and associated balance of plant components which

“fuel economy” refers to the average distance traveled in representative driving conditions by an automobile per unit of fuel consumed, as determined by the Administrator of the En

the term “fuel supplier” means— (A) any person engaged in the importing, refining, or processing of crude oil to produce motor fuel; (B) any person engaged in the importation, prod

“fuel use tax” means a tax imposed on or measured by the consumption of fuel in a motor vehicle.

To flee.

In Spanish law. Compilations or general codes of law. The usages and customs which, in the course of time, had acquired the force of unwritten law. Letters of privilege and exempti

(Spanish) The old laws of Castile.

(Spanish) A tribunal with jurisdiction over postoffices and roads.

In Spanish law. A special tribunal taking cognizance of all matters relating to the postoffice and roads. Fuero de Guerra. In Spanish law. A special tribunal taking cognizance of a

(Spanish) A tribunal having jurisdiction over military matters.

(Spanish) A tribunal with jurisdiction over naval matters.

The old Visigothic laws of Spain.

In Spanish law. The body of laws granted to a city or town for its government and the administration of justice. '. Fuero Real. In Spanish law. A code of laws promulgated by Alonzo

The title of a compilation of Spanish law, published about A. D. 992. Schm. Civil Law, Introd. 65.

In old English law. A drove of cattle. Blount.

In old English law. A chase. Spelman; Blount. FUGAM FECIT (Lat. he fled). In old English law. A phrase in an inquisition, signifying that a person fled for treason or felony. The e

Fugatio. L. Lat. [from fugare, q. v.] In old English law. The hunting of wild animals in forests, chases and parks. The liberty of hunting. Et cives habeant fugaciones suas adfugan

He has fled.

Lat. [from /w^a, flight.] In old English law. To chase or hunt; to drive; {feras cursu premere et venari.) Spelman, voc. Fugacia^ Fugare et refU" garecatalla; to drire cattle to an

A driver. Fugatores carrucarum, drivers of wagons. Fleta, lib. 2, e. 78.

A fugitive.

In Scotch practice. To outlaw, by the sentence of a court; to outlaw for nonappearance in a criminal case. 2 Alis. Grim. Pr. 350.

In Scotch law. Outlawry.

When a criminal does not obey the citation to answer, the court pronounces sentence of fugitation against him, which induces a forfeiture of goods and chattels to the crown.

One who flees; always used in law with the implication of a flight, evasion or escape from some duty or penalty or from the consequences of a misdeed. —Fugitive from justice. A per

While such an escape does not strip the case of its character as an adjudicable case or controversy, we believe it disentitles the defendant to call upon the resources of the Court

The term “fugitive felon” means a person who is a fugitive by reason of— (A) fleeing to avoid prosecution, or custody or confinement after conviction, for an offense, or an attempt

A person charged with crime against the laws of a state, and who flees from justice, that is, after committing the crime leaves the state, in whatever way or for whatever reason, a

In English law. One who, being accused of having committed a crime ip one part of the British empire, has left there, and gone to another part thereof. See "Fugitive from Justice."

In English law. Where a person accused of any offense punishable by imprisonment, with hard labor for twelve months or more, has left that part of his majesty's dominions where the

Under the old English Law, where a man fled for felony, and escaped, his own goods were not forfeited as bona fugitivorum until it was found by proceedings of record ( e. g. before

One who, held in bondage, flees from his master's power.

An act of congress passed in 1793 (and also one enacted in 1850) providing for the surrender and deportation of slaves who escaped from their masters and fled into the territory of

In the civil law. A fugitive; a runaway slave. Dig. 11. 4; Code, 6. 1. See the various definitions of this word in Dig. 21. 1. 17.

A warrant for tho arrest of a fleeing debtor.

Fr. In medical Jurisprudence. Ambulatory automatism. See Automatism.

I. fr. It was argued again.

Lomb. Legitimate; one born without defect; fullbom. Si quis dereliquerit filium legitimum unum, quod est fulboran, et f Mos naturales unum aut plures. LL. Longoh. lib. 2, tit. 14,

For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term “fulfillment” means a list of factors that the appropriate Federal banking agency determines have a material impact on the agency’s decis

Fulfreal. Lomb. Absolutely or entirely free; full free. Vadant liberi absoluti et fulfreales; they shall go absolutely free, and fulfreal. LL. Longob. lib. 1, tit. 32, l. 5. Spelma

Complete; exhaustive; detailed.

The age of twenty-one, by common law, of both males and females, and of twenty-five by the civil law. Litt. § 259; 1 Sharswood, Bl. Comm. 463; Vicat. Ld. Raym. 480; 2 Ld. Raym. 109

In common law. The age of twenty-one years, in males and females, Litt. § 259; 1 BI. Comm. 463. In the civiliaw. The age of twenty-five years, in males and females, Inst.1, 23, pr.

For purposes of this subsection, the term “full amount of the victim’s losses” includes any costs incurred by the victim for— (A) medical services relating to physical, psychiatric

this guarantee requires the charging party to provide some evidence at the disciplinary hearing to support the charges made

the term “full and open competition” has the meaning given that term in section 107 of title 41 .

the amount that the owner would be entitled to receive as just compensation upon a taking of that property by the state or the United States in the exertion of the power of eminent

One which meets all the legal requirements.

In pleading. A complete and meritorious answer; one not wanting in any essential requisite. Bentley v. Cleaveland, 22 Ala. 817; Durham v. Moore, 48 Kan. 135, 29 Pac. 472.