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	F , punishment, English law. Formerly felons were branded and marked with a hot iron, with this letter, on being
	FACIO UT DES . A species of contract in the civil law, which occurs when a man agrees to perform anything for a price, eith
	FACIO UT FACIAS . A species of contract in the civil law, which occurs when I agree with a man to do his work for him if he wi
	FACT . An action; a thing done. It is either simple or compound. 2. A fact is simple when it expresses a purely mat
	FACTO . In fact, in contradistinction to the lawfulness of the thing; it is applied to anything actually done. Vide
	FACTOR , contracts. An agent employed to sell goods or merchandise consigned or delivered to him by, or for his princ
	FACTORAGE . The wages or allowances paid to a factor for his services; it is more usual to call this commissions. 1 Bouv
	FACTORY , Scotch law. A contract which partakes of a mandate and locatio ad operandum, and which is in the English and
	FACTUM , French law. A memoir which contains summarily the fact on which a contest has happened, the means on which a
	FACTUM . A deed. a man's own act and deed. 2. When a man denies by his plea that he made a deed on which he is sued,
	FACULTY , canon law. A license; an authority. For example, the ordinary having the disposal of all seats in the nave o
	FACULTY , Scotch law. Equivalent to ability or pow-er. The term faculty is more properly applied to a power founded on
	FAILURE . A total defect; an omission; a non-performance. Failure also signifies a stoppage of payment; as, there has
	FAILURE OF RECORD . The neglect to produce the record after having pleaded it. When a defendant pleads a matter, and offers to p
	FAILURE, OF ISSUE . When there is a want of issue to take an estate limited over by an executory devise. 2. Failure of issue is
	FAINT PLEADER . A false, fraudulent, or collusory manner of pleading, to the deception of a third person. 3 E. I., c. 19.
	FAIR . A privileged market. 2. In England, fairs are granted by the king's patent. 3. In the United States, fairs a
	FAIR-PLAY MEN . About the year 1769, there was a tract of country in Pennsylvania, situate between Lycoming creek and Pine c
	FAIT , conveyancing. A deed lawfully executed. Com. Dig . h. t.; Cunn. Dictl. h. t.
	FAITH . Probity; good faith is the very soul of contracts. Faith also signifies confidence, belief; as, full faith a
	FALCIDIAN LAW , civil law, plebiscitum. A statute or law enacted by the people, made during the reign of Augustus, on the pr
	FAlR PLEADER . This is the name of a writ given, by the statute of Marlebridge, 52 H. III., c. ii. Vide Beau Pleader.
	FALSE Not true; as, false pretences; unjust, unlawful, as, false imprisonment. This his word, is frequently used in
	FALSE IMPRISONMENT . torts. Any intentional detention of the person of another not authorized by law, is false imprisonment. 1 Ba
	FALSE JUDGMENT , Eng. law. The name of a writ which lies when a false judgment has been given in the county court, court baro
	FALSE PRETENCES , criminal law. False representations and statements, made with a fraudulent design, to obtain " money, goods,
	FALSE RETURN . A return made by the sheriff, or other ministerial officer, to a writ in which is stated a fact contrary to
	FALSE TOKEN . A false document or sign of the existence of a fact, in general used for the purpose of fraud. Vide Token, a
	FALSEHOOD . A wilful act or declaration contrary to truth. It is committed either by the wilful act of the party, or by
	FALSO RETORNO BREVIUM , old English law. The name of a writ which might have been sued out against a sheriff, for falsely returning
	FAMILY , domestic relations. In a limited sense it signifies the father, mother, and children. In a more extensive se
	FAMILY ARRANGEMENTS . This term has been used to signify an agreement made between a father and his son, or children; or between b
	FAMILY BIBLE . A Bible containing an account of the births, marriages, and deaths of the members of a family. 2 An entry,
	FAMILY EXPENSES . The sum which it costs a man to maintain a family. 2. Merchants and traders who desire to exhibit the true
	FAMILY MEETINGS . Family councils, or family meetings in Louisiana, are meetings of at least five relations, or in default of
	FAMOSUS LIBELLUS . Among the civilians these words signified that species of injuria which corresponds nearly to libel or sland
	FANEGA , Spanish law. A measure of land, which is not the same in every province. Diccionario de la Acad.; 2 White's
	FARE . It signifies a voyage or passage; in its modern application, it is the money paid for a passage. 1 Bouv. Ins
	FARM , estates. A portion or tract of land, some of which is cultivated. 2 Binn. 238. In parlance, and for the purp
	FARMER . One who is lessee of a farm. it is said that every lessee for life or years, although it be but of a small h
	FARO , crim. law. There is a species of game called faro-table, or faro-bank, which is forbidden by law in many sta
	FARRIER . One who takes upon himself the public employment of shoeing horses. 2. Like an innkeeper, a common carrier,
	FATHER , domestic relations. He by whom a child is begotten. 2. A father is the natural guardian of his children, an
	FATHER-IN-LAW . In latin, socer, is the father of one's wife, or of one's hushand.
	FATHER. PUTATIVE . A reputed father. Vide Putative father.
	FATHOM . A measure of length, equal to six feet. The word is probably derived from the Teutonic word fad, which signi
	FATUOUS PERSON . One entirely destitute of reason; is qui omnino desipit. Ersk. Inst. B. 1, tit. 7, s. 48.
	FAUBOURG . A district or part of a town adjoinng the principal city; as, a faubourg of New Orleans. 18 Lo. R. 286.
	FAULT , contracts, civil law. An improper act or omission, which arises from ignorance, carelessness, or negligence.
	FAUX , French law. A falsification or fraudulent alteration or suppression of a thing by words, by writings, or by
	FAVOR . Bias partiality; lenity; prejudice. 2. The grand jury are sworn to inquire into all offences which have bee
	FEAL . Faithful. This word is not used.
	FEALTY . Fidelity, allegiance. 2. Under the feudal system, every owner of lands held them of some superior lord, fro
	FEAR , crim. law. Dread, consciousness of approaching danger. 2. Fear in the person robbed is one of the ingredien
	FEASTS . Certain established periods in the Christian church. Formerly, the days of the feasts of saints were used to
	FEDERAL , government. This term is commonly used to express a league or compact between two or more states. 2. In the
	FEE FARM , Eng. law. A perpetual farm or rent. 1 Tho. Co. Litt. 446, n. 5.
	FEE FARM RENT , contracts, Eng. law. When the lord, upon the creation of a tenancy, reserves to himself and his heirs, eithe
	FEE, FEODUM or FEUDUM , estates. From the French, fief. A fee is an estate which may continue forever. The word fee is explained to
	FEES , compensation. Certain perquisites allowed by law to officers concerned in the administration of justice, or
	FEIGNED issue, pract. An issue brought by consent of the parties, or the direction of a court of equity, or such court
	FEIGNED ACTION , practice. An action brought on a pretended right, when the plaintiff has no true cause of action, for some i
	FELO DE SE , criminal law. A felon of himself; a self-murderer. 2. To be guilty of this offence, the deceased must have
	FELON , crimes. One convicted and sentenced for a felony. 2. A felon is infamous, and cannot fill any office, or be
	FELONIOUSLY , pleadings. This is a technical word which must be introduced into every indictment for a felony, charging th
	FELONY , crimes. An offence which occasions a total forfeiture of. either lands or goods, or both, at common law, to
	FEMALE . This term denotes the sex which bears young. 2. It is a general rule, that the young of female animals whic
	FEME , or, more properly,
	FEMININE . What belongs to the female sex. 2. When the feminine is used, it is generally confined to females; as, if a
	FEMME . Woman. 2. This word is frequently used in law. Baron and feme, hushand and wife; feme covert, a. married wo
	FENCE . A building or erection between two contiguous estates, so as to divide them; or on the same estate, so as to
	FEOD . The same as fief. Vide Fief or Feud.
	FEOFFMENT , conveyancing. A gift of any corporeal hereditaments to another. It operates by transmutation of possession,
	FERAE . Wild, savage, not tame.
	FERAE BESTIAE . Wild beasts. See Animals; Ferae naturce.
	FERAE NATURAE . Of a wild nature. 2. This term is used to designate animals which are not usually tamed. Such animals belon
	FERM or FEARM . By this ancient word is meant land, fundus; (q. v.) and, it is said, houses and tenements may pass by it. Co
	FERRY . A place where persons and things are taken across a river or other stream in boats or other vessels, for hir
	FERRYMAN . One employed in taking persons across a river or other stream, in boats or other contrivances at a ferry. Th
	FESTINUM REMEDIUM . A speedy remedy. 2. This is said of those cases where the remedy for the redress of an injury is given with
	FETTERS . A sort of iron put on the legs of malefactors, or persons accused of crimes. 2. When a prisoner is brought
	FEUD . This word, in Scotland, signifies a combination of kindred to revenge injuries or affronts done to any of th
	FEUDA . In the early feudal times grants were made, in the first place, only during the pleasure of the grantor, and
	FEUDAL . A term applied to whatever concerned a feud; as feudal law: feudal rights.
	FEUDAL LAW . By this phrase is understood a political system which placed men and estates under hierarchical and multipli
	FIAR , Scotch law. He whose property is burdened with a life rent. Ersk. Pr. of L. Scot. B. 2, t. 9, s. 23.
	FIAT , practice. An order of a judge, or of an officer, whose authority, to be signified by his signature, is neces
	FICTION OF LAW . The assumption that a certain thing is true, and which gives to a person or thing, a quality which is not na
	FICTITIOUS Pretended; supposed; as, fictitious actions; fictitious payee.
	FICTITIOUS ACTIONS , Practice. Suits brought. on pretended rights. 2. They are sometimes brought, usually on a pretended wager,
	FICTITIOUS PAYEE , contract. A supposed person; a payee, who has no existence. 2. When the name of a fictitious payee has been
	FIDE-JUSSIO , civil law. The contract of suretyship.
	FIDE-JUSSOR , civil law. One who becomes security for the debt of another, promising to pay it in case the principal does
	FIDEI-COMMISSARY , civil law. One who has a beneficial interest in an estate, which, for a time, is committed to the faith or t
	FIDEI-COMMISSUM , civil law. A gift which a man makes to another, through the agency of a third person, who is requested to pe
	FIDUCIA , civil law. A contract by which we sell a thing to some one, that is, transmit to him the property of the thi
	FIDUCIARY . This term is borrowed from the civil law. The Roman laws called a fiduciary heir, the person who was institu
	FIEF, or FEUD . In its origin, a fief was a district of country allotted to one of the chiefs who invaded the Roman empire,
	FIELD . A part of a farra separately enclosed; a close. 1 Chit. Pr. 160. The Digest defines a field to be a piece of
	FIERI FACIAS , practice. The name of a writ of execution. It is so called because, when writs were in Latin, the words dire
	FIERI FECI , practice. The return which the sheriff, or other proper officer, makes to certain writs, signifying, "I have
	FIFTEENTH , Eng. law. The name of a tax levied by authority of parliament for the use of the king, which consisted of on
	FIGURES , Numerals. They are either Roman, made with letters of the Alphabet, for example, MIDCCLXXVI; or they are Ara
	FIGURES OF SPEECH . By figures of speech is meant that manner of speaking or writing, which has for its object to give to our se
	FILACER, FILAZIER, or FILZER , English law. An officer of the court of common pleas, so called because he files those writs on which he mak
	FILIATION , civil law. The descent of son or daughter, with regard to his or her father, mother, and their ancestors. 2
	FILIUS . The son, the immediate male descendant. This term is used in making genealogical tables.
	FILIUS MULIERATUS . The eldest legitimate son of parents, who, before their marriage, had illegitimate children. Vide Mulier.
	FILIUS POPULI . The son of the people; a bastard.
	FILLEY . A mare not more than one year old. Russ. & Ry. 416 Id. 494.
	FILUM . The middle; the thread of anything; as filum aqua; filum viae.
	FILUM AQUAE . The thread or middle of a water course. (q. v.) 2. It is a general rule, that in grants of lands bounded on
	FILUM VIAE . The thread or middle of the road. 2. Where a law requires travellers meeting each other on, a road to drive
	FIN DE NON RECEVOIR , French law. An exception or plea founded on law, which, without entering into the merits of the action, show
	FINAL . That which puts an end to anything. 2. It is used in opposition to interlocutory; as, a final judgment,. is
	FINANCES . By this word is understood the revenue, or public resources or money of the state.
	FINANCIER . A person employed in the economical management and application of public money or finances; one who is emplo
	FINDER . One who lawfully comes to the possessiou of another's personal property, which was then lost. 2. The finder
	FINDING , practice. That which has been ascertained; as, the ruding of the jury is conclusive as to matters of fact wh
	FINDING A VERDICT . The act of the jury in agreement upon a verdict.
	FINE , conveyance, Practice. An amicable composition or agreement of a suit, either actual or fictitious, by leave
	FINE , criminal law. Pecuniary punishment imposed by a lawful tribunal, upon a person convicted of crime or misdeme
	FINE . This word has various significations. It is employed, 1. To mean a sum of money, which, by judgment of a com
	FINE FOR ALIENATION . During the vigor of the feudal law, a fine for alienation was a sum of money which a tenant by knight's serv
	FIRE ACCIDENTAL . One which arises in consequence of some human agency, without any intention, or which happens by some natura
	FIREBOTE . Fuel for necessary use; a privilege allowed to tenants to take necessary wood for fuel.
	FIRKIN . A measure of capacity equal to nine gallons. The word firkin is also used to designate a weight, used for bu
	FIRM . The persons composing a partnership, taken collectively, are called the firm. Sometimes this word is used sy
	FIRMAN . A passport g ranted by the Great Mogul, to captains of foreign vessels, to trade within the territories over
	FIRST PURCHASER . In the English law of descent, the first purchaser was he who first acquired an estate in a family, which st
	FISC , civil law. The treasury of a prince. The public treasury. Hence to confiscate a thing, is to appropriate it
	FISCAL . Belonging to the fisc, or public treasury.
	FISH An animal which inhabits the water, breathes by the means of gills, and swims by the aid of fins, and is ovipa
	FISHERY , estates. A place prepared for catching fish with nets or hooks. This term is commonly applied to the place o
	FIXTURES , property. Personal chattels annexed to land, and which may be afterwards severed and removed by the party wh
	FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES . By the act entitled, "An act to establish the flag of the United States," passed April 4, 1818, 3 Story's L.
	FLAGRANS CRIMEN . This, among the Romans, signified. that a crime was then or had just been committed for example, when a crim
	FLAGRANTE DELICTO . The act of committing a crime; when a person is arrested flagrante delicto, the only evidence required to co
	FLEET , punishment, Eng. law, Saxon fleot. A place of running water, where the tide or float comes up. A prison in L
	FLETA . The title of an ancient law book, supposed to have been written by a judge who was confined in the Fleet pri
	FLIGHT , crim. law. The evading the course of justice, by a man's voluntarily withdrawing himself. 4 Bl. Com. 387. Vi
	FLORIDA . The name of one of the new states of the United States of America. It was admitted into the Union by virtue
	FLORIN . The name of a foreign coin. In all computations of customs, the florin of the southern states of Germany, sh
	FLOTSAM, or FLOTSAN . A name for the goods which float upon the sea when a ship is sunk, in distinction from Jetsam, (q. v.) and L
	FLUMEN , civ. law. The name of a servitude which consists in the right of turning the rain water, gathered in a spout
	FOEDUS . A league; a compact.
	FOENUS NAUTICUS . The name given to marine interest. (q. V.) 2. The amount of such interest is not limited by law, because th
	FOETICIDE , med. jur. Recently, this term has been applied to designate the act by which criminal abortion is produced.
	FOETURA , civil law. The produce of animals, and the fruit of other property, which are acquired to the owner of such
	FOETUS , med. jur. The unborn child. The name of embryo is sometimes given to it; but, although the terms are occasio
	FOLCMOTE . The name of a court among the Saxons. It was literally an assembly of the people or inhabitants of the tithi
	FOLD-COURSE , Eng. law. By this phrase is understood land used as a sheepwalk; it also signifies land to which the sole ri
	FOLK-LAND , Eng. law. Land formerly held at the pleasure of the lord, and resumed at his discretion. It was held in vill
	FOOT . A measure of length, containing one-third of a yard, or twelve inches. See Ell. Figuratively, it signifies t
	FOOT OF THE FINE , estates, conveyancing. The fifth part of the conclusion of a fine. It includes the whole matter, reciting th
	FOR THAT , pleading. It is a maxim in law, regulating alike every form of action, that the plaintiff shall state his co
	FORBEARANCE , contracts. The act by which a creditor waits for the payment of the debt due him by the debtor, after it has
	FORCE AND ARMS . The same as vi et armis. (q. v.)
	FORCED HEIRS . In Louisiana they are those persons whom the testator or donor cannot deprive of the porttion of his estate
	FORCIBLE ENTRY or DETAINER , crim. law. An offence committed by unlawfully and violently taking or keeping possession of lands and teneme
	FORECLOSURE , practice. A proceeding in chancery, by which the mortgagor's right of redemption of the mortgaged premises i
	FOREHAND RENT , Eng. law. A species of rent which is a premium given by the tenant at the time of taking the lease, as on th
	FOREIGN . That which belongs to another country; that which is strange. 1 Peters, R. 343. 2. Every nation is foreign
	FOREIGN ATTACHMENT . The name of a writ. By virtue of a foreign attachment, the property of an absent debtor is seised for the pu
	FOREIGN COINS , com. law. The money of foreign nations. 2. Congress have, from time to time, regulated the rates at which c
	FOREIGN JUDGMENT , evidence, remedies. A judgment rendered in a foreign state. 2. In Louisiana it has been decided that a judg
	FOREIGN LAWS , evidence. The laws of a foreign country. They will be considered with regard to, 1. The manner in which they
	FOREIGN NATION or STATE . A nation totally independent of the United States of America 2. The constitution authorizes congress to reg
	FOREIGN PLEA . One which, if true, carries the cause out of the court where it is brought, by showing that the matter alleg
	FOREIGNERS . Aliens; persons born in another country than the United States, who have not been naturalized. 1 Pet. R. 349
	FOREJUDGED THE COURT . An officer of the court who is expelled the same, is, in the English law, said to be forejudged the court. C
	FOREMAN . The title of the presiding member of a grand jury.
	FOREST . By the English law, a forest is a circuit of ground properly under the king's protection, for the peaceable
	FORFEITURE , punishment, torts. Forfeiture is a punishment annexed by law to some illegal act, or negligence, in the owne
	FORFEITURE OF MARRIAGE , Old law. The name of a penalty formerly incurred by a ward in chivalry, when he or she married contrary to t
	FORGERY , crim. law. Forgery at common law has been held to be "the fraudulent making and alteration of a writing to t
	FORISFAMILIATION , law of Scotl. By this is understood the act by which a father gives to a child his share of his legitime, an
	FORM , practice. The model of an instrument or legal-proceeding, containing the substance and the principal terms,
	FORMA PAUPERIS , English law. When a person is so poor that he cannot bear the charges of suing at law or in equity, upon mak
	FORMALITY . The conditions which must be observed in making contracts, and the words which the law gives to be used in o
	FORMEDON , old English law. The writ of formedon is nearly obsolete, it having been superseded by the writ of ejectment
	FORMER RECOVERY . A recovery in a former action. 2. It is a general rule, that in a real or personal action, a judgment unrev
	FORMULARY . A book of forms or precedents for matters of law; the form.
	FORNICATION , crim. law. The unlawful carnal knowledge of an unmarried person with another, whether the latter be married
	FORPRISE . Taken before hand. This word is sometimes, though but seldom, used in leases and conveyances, implying an ex
	FORTHWITH . When a thing is to be done forthwith, it seems that it must be performed as soon as by reasonable exertion,
	FORTIORI or A FORTIORI . An epithet for any conclusion or inference, which is much stronger than another. "If it be so, in a feoffmen
	FORTSTALLING , crim. law. Every practice or device, by act, conspiracy, words, or news, to enhance the price of victuals or
	FORTUITOUS EVENT . A term in the civil law to denote that which happens by a cause which cannot be resisted. Louis. Code, art.
	FORUM . This term signifies jurisdiction, a court of justice, a tribunal. 2. The French divide it into for exterieu
	FORWARDING MERCHANT , contracts. A person who receives and forwards goods, taking upon himself the expenses of transportation, for
	FOSSA , Eng. law. A ditch full of water, where formerly women who had committed a felony were drowned; the grave. Co
	FOUNDATION . This word, in the English law, is taken in two senses, fundatio incipiens, and fundatio perficiens. As to it
	FOUNDLING . A new-born child, abandoned by, its parents, who are unknown. The settlement of, such a child is in the plac
	FOURCHER , English law. A French word, which means to fork. Formerly, when an action was brought against two, who, bein
	FRACTION . A part of any thing broken. A combination of numbers, in arithmetic and algebra, representing one or more pa
	FRANC , com. law. The name of a French coin. Five franc pieces, when not of less fineness than ten ounces and sixtee
	FRANCHISE . This word has several significations: 1. It is a right reserved to the people by the constitution; hence we
	FRANCIGENA . Formerly, in England, every alien was known by this name, as Franks is the generic name of foreigners in the
	FRANK . The privilege of sending and receiving letters, through the mails, free of postage. 2. This privilege is gr
	FRANK, FREE . This word is used in composition, as frank-almoign, frank-marriage, frank-tenement, &c.
	FRANK-ALMOIGN , old English law. This is a French law word, signifying free-alms. 2. Formerly religious corporations, aggre
	FRANK-MARRIAGE , English law. It takes place, according to Blackstone, when lands are given by one man to another, together w
	FRANK-TENEMENT , estates. Same as freehold, (q. v.) or liberum tenementum.
	FRATER . A brother. Vide Brother.
	FRATRICIDE , criminal law. He who kills his brother or sister. The crime of such a person is also called fratricide.
	FRAUD , contracts, torts. Any trick or artifice employed by one person to induce another to fall into an error, or t
	FRAUD, TO DEFRAUD , torts. Unlawfully, designedly, and knowingly, to appropriate the property of another, without a criminal int
	FRAUDS, STATUTE OF . The name commonly given to the statate 29 Car. II., c. 3, entitled " An act for prevention of frauds and per
	FRAUDULENT CONVEYANCE . A conveyance of property without any consideration of value, for the purpose of delaying or bindering credit
	FREE . Not bound to servitude; at liberty to act as one pleases. This word is put in opposition to slave. 2. Repre
	FREE ships. By this is understood neutral vessels. Free ships are sometimes considered as making free goods.
	FREE COURSE , Mar. law. Having the wind from a favorable quarter. 2. To prevent collision of vessels, it is the duty of t
	FREE WARREN , Eng. law. A franchise erected for the preservation and custody of beasts and fowls of warren. 2 Bl. Com. 39;
	FREEDMEN . The name formerly given by the Romans to those persons who had been released from a State of servitude. Vide
	FREEDOM , Liberty; the right to do what is not forbidden by law. Freedom does not preclude the idea of subjection to l
	FREEHOLD , estates. An estate of freehold is an estate in lands or other real property, held by a free tenure, for the
	FREEHOLDER . A person who is the owner of a freehold estate.
	FREEMAN . One who is in the enjoyment of the right to do whatever he pleases, not forbidden by law. One in the possess
	FREIGHT , mar. law, contracts. The sum agreed on for the hire of a ship, entirely or in part, for the carriage of good
	FREIGHTER , contracts. He to whom a ship or vessel has been hired. 3 Kent, Com. 173; 3 Pardess. n. 704. 2. The freight
	FRESH PURSUIT . The act of pursuing cattle which have escaped, or are being driven away from land, when they were liable to
	FRESH SUIT , Eng. law. An earnest pursuit of the offender when a robbery has been committed, Without ceasing, until he ha
	FRIBUSCULUM , civil law. A slight dissension between hushand and wife, which produced a momentary separation, without any
	FRIENDLESS MAN . This name was sometimes anciently given to an outlaw.
	FRIGIDITY , med juris. The same as impotence. (q. v.)
	FRUCTUS INDUSTRIALES . The fruits or produce of the earth which are obtained by the industry of man, as growing corn.
	FRUIT , property. The produce of tree or plant containing the seed or used for food. Fruit is considered real estate
	FUERO JURGO . A Spanish code of laws, said to, be the most ancient in Europe. Barr. on the Stat. 8, note.
	FUGAM FECIT , Eng. law. He fled. This phrase, in an inquisition, signifies that a person fled for treason or felony. The e
	FUGITIVE . A runaway, one who is at liberty, and endeavors, by, going away, to escape.
	FUGITIVE SLAVE . One who has escaped from the service of his master. 2. The Constitution of the United States, art. 4, s. 2,
	FUGITIVE, FROM JUSTICE , crim. law. One who, having committed a crime within a jurisdiction, goes into another in order to evade the
	FULL AGE . A. person is said to have full age at twenty-one years, whether the person be a man or woman. See Age.
	FULL COURT . When all the judges are present and properly organized, it -is said there is a full court; a court in banc.
	FULL DEFENCE , pleading. A denial of all wrong or injury. It is expressed in the following formula: And the said C D, (the
	FUNCTION , office. Properly, the occupation of an office; by the performance of its duties, the officer is said to fill
	FUNCTIONARY . One who is in office or in some public employment.
	FUNCTUS OFFICIO . This term is applied to something which once had life and power, but which now has no virtue whatsoever; as,
	FUNDAMENTAL . This word is applied to those laws which are the foundation of society. Those laws by which the exercise of
	FUNDED DEBT . That part of the national debt for which certain funds are appropriated towards the payment of the interest.
	FUNDING SYSTEM , Eng. law. The name given to a plan which provides that on the creation of a public loan, funds shall immedia
	FUNDS . Cash on hands; as, A B is in funds to pay my bill on him; stocks, as, A B has $1000 in the funds. By public
	FUNDUS , civil raw. Any portion of land whatever, without considering the use or employ to which it is applied.
	FUNERAL EXPENSES . Money expended in procuring the interment of a corpse. 2. The person who orders the funeral is responsible
	FUNGIBLE . A term used in the civil, French, and Scotch law, it signifies anything whatever, which consists in quantity
	FURCA . The gallows. 3 Inst. 58.
	FURIOSUS . An insane man; a madman; a lunatic. 2. In general, such a man can make no contract, because he has no capaci
	FURLINGUS . A furlong, or a furrow oneeighth part of a mile long. Co. Litt. 5. b.
	FURLONG . A measure of length, being forty poles, or one-eighth of a mile. Vide Measures.
	FURLOUGH . A permission given in the army and-navy to an officer or private to absent himself for a limited time.
	FURNITURE . Personal chattels in the use of a family. By the term household furniture in a will, all personal chattels w
	FURTHER ASSURANCE . This phrase is frequently used in covenants, when a covenantor has granted an estate, and it is supposed som
	FURTHER HEARING , crim. law, practice. Hearing at another time. 2. Prisoners are frequently committed for further hearing, eit
	FUTURE DEBT . In Scotland this term is applied to a debt which though created is not due, but is to become so at a future
	FUTURE STATE , evidence. A state of existence after this life. 2. A witness who does not believe in any future state of exi

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