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the term “funded debt” means all debt created, assumed, or guaranteed, directly or indirectly, by the Corporation and its subsidiaries which matures by its terms, or is renewable a
The term “funded percentage” means the percentage equal to a fraction— (A) the numerator of which is the value of the plan's assets, as determined under section 431(c)(2), and (B)
For the purposes of this paragraph, the term “funded personnel ceiling” means, with respect to any fiscal year (or part of a fiscal year), the authorization by the Director of the
Definition of Funded Project.—In this section, the term "funded project" means a project funded, in whole or in part, by a grant provided under section 402 or 405.
The term “funding” means any payment under this part from the Secretary to the eligible institution or its assignee in fulfillment of the insurance obligations of the Secretary pur
The pledging of a specific fund to keep down the interest, and ultimately discharge the principal. When the extinguishment of the debt is contemplated, it is called a "sinking fund
the term “funding agreement” means any contract, grant, or cooperative agreement entered into between any Federal agency and any small business for the performance of experimental,
Funding and refunding bonds are those issued to pay off prior indebtedness. If issued merely to pay floating indebtedness they are generally re-. ferred to as "funding" bonds, whil
The term “Funding Corporation” means the Resolution Funding Corporation established in subsection (b).
The term “Funding Corporation Principal Fund” means the separate account established under subsection (g)(2).
For purposes of this subparagraph, the term “funding decision” means the decision of the Secretary to make available grants, loans, or any other form of financial assistance to an
For purposes of this section, the term “funding plan adoption period” means the period beginning on the date of the certification under subsection (b)(3)(A) for the initial determi
The term “funding portal” means any person acting as an intermediary in a transaction involving the offer or sale of securities for the account of others, solely pursuant to sectio
Funding proposal.—The term “funding proposal” means a proposal to provide interim or permanent funding for operations of the Federal Aviation Administration.
The practice of borrowing money to defray the expenses of government. In the early history of the system It was usual to set apart the revenue from some particular tax as a fund to
The term “funding target” has the meaning provided under section 1083(d)(1) of this title . / The term "funding target" means, with respect to any plan year, the funding
The term “funding target attainment percentage” has the meaning provided under section 1083(d)(2) of this title .
- Fundi Patrimonialesdefined inCyclopedic (1922)Ballentine's (1916)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Black's (1891)
Lands of inheritance.
Public lands.
Pioneers. Jacob.
The term “fund manager” means, with respect to any sponsoring organization— (A) an officer, director, or trustee of such sponsoring organization (or an individual having powers or
In this subsection, the term "fundraising" means the raising of funds through the active participation in the promotion, production, or presentation of an event designed
Except as provided in paragraph (2), the term “fundraising solicitation” means any solicitation of contributions or gifts which is made— (A) in written or printed form, (B) by tele
the term “funds” includes coin or currency of the United States or any other country, traveler's checks, personal checks, bank checks, money orders, stocks, bonds, debentures, draf
For purposes of this chapter, the term “funds appropriated by Congress” includes funds appropriated to the District of Columbia pursuant to an authorization of appropriations under
For purposes of this subsection, the term “funds from non-Federal sources” includes funds from States, units of general local governments, or agencies of such governments, private
Lands.
See Bueial. " Funeral expenses" may include the cost of carriage-hire, vault, and tombstone, besides the cost of shroud, coffin, grave, etc.^ But not, charges for dinner and horse-
Expenses connected with the funeral ceremonies of a decedent, the burial, the purchase of a lot and the marking of the grave.
Money expended in procuring the interment of a corpse. The nature and extent of the allowance for funeral expense varies with the solvency of the estate, and the discretion of the
the term “funerary object” means an object that, as part of a death rite or ceremony of a culture, is intentionally placed with individual human remains, either at the time of buri
Lat. In the civll law. Fungible things. See that title.
A term applicable to things that are consumed by the use, as wine, oil, etc., the loan of which is subject to certain rules, and governed by the contract called mutuum. See Schmidt
The term “fungible good” or “fungible material” means a good or material, as the case may be, that is interchangeable with another good or material for commercial purposes and the
The terms “fungible goods” and “fungible materials” mean goods or materials that are interchangeable for commercial purposes and whose properties are essentially identical.
The term “fungible good” or “fungible material” means a good or material, as the case may be, that is interchangeable with another good or material for commercial purposes and the
The terms “fungible goods” and “fungible materials” mean goods or materials that are interchangeable for commercial purposes and whose properties are essentially identical.
When the subject of the obligation is a thing of a given class,' the thing is said to be fungible; i. e., the delivery of any object which answers io the generic description will s
The term “fungus” means any non-chlorophyll-bearing thallophyte (that is, any non-chlorophyll-bearing plant of a lower order than mosses and liverworts), as for example, rust, smut
Lat. [from fugare, to drive.] In old English law. A driver. Fugatores carrucarum; drivers of wagons. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 78.
The term “fur” means any animal skin or part thereof with hair, fleece, or fur fibers attached thereto, either in its raw or processed state, but shall not include such skins as ar
With intent to steal.
- Furandi Animusdefined inCyclopedic (1922)Ballentine's (1916)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Black's (1891)
See "Animus."
- Furcadefined inCyclopedic (1922)Ballentine's (1916)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Kinney (1893)Black's (1891)Burrill (1850)
A fork; a gallows or gibbet. Bracton, fol. 56, FURCA ET FLAGELLUM (Lat. gallows and whip). The meanest of servile tenures, where the bondman was at the disposal of the lord for lif
Gallows and whip, a species of servile tenure.
Gallows and pit, signifying punishment by hanging and by drowning.
To fourcher.
Fr. A gallows. Britt. C.20.
I. To fork or divide, v. Fonrcher. Furiosi nulla voluntas est, I. A criminally responsible]. Furiosus man is as if absent [his presence is solo furore punitur: a madman is alone.
They were debated.
Mulct paid for theft. Jacob.
A madman has no will. Dig. 50. 17. 5; Id. 1. 18. 13. 1; Broom, Leg. Max. (3d London Ed.) 282.
In Scotch law. Madness, as distinguished from fatuity or idiocy. FURIOSUS (Lat.) An insane man; a madman; a lunatic. In general, such a man can make no contract, because he has no
Mad; insane.
A madman is the same with an absent person, [that le, his presenco is of no effort.] Dig. 50, 17, 24, 1.
A madman is considered as absent. Dig. 50. 17. 24, 1, FURIOSUS NULLUM NEGOTIUM CONtrahere (gerere) potest (quia non Intelligit quod ag It). A lunatic cannot make a con-
- Furiosus nullum negotium contrahere (gerere) potest (quia non in-telligit quod agit)defined inBallentine's (1916)
An insane person cannot make a contract. (Because he cannot understand what he is doing.)
A madman can contract nothing, [can inake no contract] Dig. 50, 17, 5.
A madman is punished by his madness alone; that is, he is not answerable or punishable for his actions. Co. Litt 247b; 4 Bl. Comm. 24, 396; Broom, Max. 15.
A madman is punished by his madness alone. Co. Litt. 247; Broom, Leg. Max. (3d London Ed.) 14; 4 Sharswood, Bl. Comm. 24, 25. FURIOSUS STIPULARI NON POTEST nee aliquod negotium age
- Furiosus stipulare non potest nee allquid negotium agere, qui non intelligit quid agitdefined inBlack's (1910)
4 Coke, 126. A madman who knows not what he does cannot make a bargain, nor transact any business.
A furlong or a furrow one-eighth part of a mile long. Co. Litt. 5b.
A measure of length, being forty poles, or one-eighth of a mile.
A furlough is not considered a discharge. It is a form of lay-off. An employee on furlough or on leave of absence has a continuing relationship with the employer; he retains a righ
A permission given in the army and navy to an officer or private to absent himself for a limited time. FURNAGE (from furnus, an oven). A sum of money paid to the lord by the ten- '
Ono palpably a thief; i. e., taken red-handed.
Lat. In the civillaw. A manifest thief. A thief who is taken in the very act of stealing.
The term “furnace” means a product which utilizes only single-phase electric current, or single-phase electric current or DC current in conjunction with natural gas, propane, or ho
Fees exacted from tenants for use of the lords bakehouse.
Lat. [from furnus, an oven; L. Fr. fournage.] In old English law. A tribute or tax paid to a lord by his tenants, for the use of his oven. Blount. Spelman.
To supply; provide; provide for use. Delp v. Brewing Co., 123 Pa. 42, 15 Atl. 871; Wyatt v. Larimer & W. Irr. Co., 1 Colo. App. 480, 29 Pac. 906. As used in the liquor laws, "furni
Certainly labor is required for loading freight on railroad cars, moving these over the road, and unloading at destination. A carrier who has procured the doing of all this in resp
In this subsection, the term “furnishing professional” means a physician (as defined in section 1395x(r) of this title ) or a practitioner described in section 1395u(b)(18)(C) of t
Personal chattels in the use of a family. By the term "household furniture" in a will, all personal chattels will pass which may contribute to the use or convenience of the househo
- Furniture Of A Shipdefined inCyclopedic (1922)Ballentine's (1916)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Black's (1891)
This term Includes everjrtihing with which a ship requires to be furnished or equipped to make her seaworthy. It comprehends all articles furnished by ship chandlers, which are alm
Formerly an Inn of chancery. See "Inns of Chancery." FUROR CONTRAHI MATRIMONIUM because consent is needed. 1 Ves. & B. 140; 1 Bl. Comm. 439; 4 Johns. Ch. (N. Y.) 343, 345. FURST AN
Lat. An oven. See Secta adfumum.
- Furor contrahi matrimonium non sinit, quia consensu opus estdefined inBallentine's (1916)Black's (1910)
Insanity prevents a marriage from being contracted, because consent is necessary.
The term “fur product” means any article of wearing apparel made in whole or in part of fur or used fur.
The term “Fur Products Name Guide” means the register issued by the Commission pursuant to section 69e of this title .
“Fur Seal” means the North Pacific Fur Seal, Callorhinus Ursinus.
Time to advise or take counsel. Jac, L. Diet,
another tax like that one; and if the tax imposed was upon the franchise, a further one upon the same thing was all that was intended to be prohibited.
- Further Advancedefined inCyclopedic (1922)Ballentine's (1916)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Black's (1891)
A second or subsequent loan of money to a mortgagor by a mortgagee, either upon the same security as the original loan was advanced upon, or an additional security. Equity consider
anything that furthers or helps forward.
- Further Assurancedefined inCyclopedic (1922)Ballentine's (1916)Bouvier (1914)Kinney (1893)Black's (1891)Stimson (1881)Burrill (1850)
This phrase is frequently used in covenants when a covenantor has granted an estate, and it is supposed some further conveyance may be required. He then enters into a covenant for
See Covenant.
It frequently happens that a decree in Chancery directs accounts and inquiries to be taken before the chief clerk. The hearing of any question ari.sing out of such inquiries is cal
When a master ordinary in chancery made a report in pursuance of a decree or decretal order, the cause was again set down before the judge who made the decree or order, to be proce
In practice. Hearing at another time. FURTHER MAINTENANCE OF AC tion, plea to. A plea of matter arising since the commencement of the suit. FURTUIVI (Lat. theft). The fraudulent ap
A plea grounded upon some fact or facts which have arisen since the commencement of 'the suit, and which the defendant puts forward for the purpose of showing that the plaintiff sh
only incremental Medicaid payments to the State, "established by the State" means not established by the State) will be cited by litigants endlessly, to the confusion of honest jur
the term "further revised annuity employee" means any individual who— (A) on December 31, 2013— (i) is not an employee or Member covered under this chapter; (ii) is not p
the term “further revised annuity participant” means any individual who— (A) on December 31, 2013— (i) is not a participant; (ii) is not performing service which is creditable serv
In Old English Law. Stealthily; by stealth. Fleta, lib. 1, c. 38, 3. FURTUM (r>at.). Theft. The fraudulent appropriation to one’s self of the property of another, with an intention
Stealthily; by stealth.
(Lat.) The theft which was disclosed where, upon searching any one in the presence of witnesses in due form, the thing stolen is found. "Detected theft" is, perhaps, the nearest co
Theft; larceny.
In Roman law. The theft which was disclosed where, upon searching any one in the presence of wiinesses in due form, the thing stolen was discovered in his possession.
Discovered larceny.