ln old English law. A kind of frank-pledge, by w’hich the lords or principal men were made responsible for their dependents or servants. Bract, fol. 124b
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In the CivU law. A temporary separation between husband and wife, caused by a quarrel or estrangement, but not amounting to a divorce, because not accompanied with an Intention to dissolve the marriage
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Frankpledge. CowelL Security for the peace. Spelman
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An order of religious persons, of whom there were four principal branches, viz.: (1) Minors, Grey Friars, or Francis-cans; (2) Augnstines; (3) Dominicans, or Black Friars; (4) white Friars, or Carmel-ltes, from whom the rest descend, wharton
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Fr. In French marine law. Freighter. The owner of a ship, who lets it to the merchant Emerig. Tr. des Ass. c. 11, 13
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In old English law. The freight of a ship; freight money. Cowell
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Fr. In French marine law. Freight, ord. Mar. liv. 3, tit. 3
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Fr. In Freuch marine law. To freight a ship; to let It. fcmerig. Tr. des Ass. c. 11, | 3
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Immediate; recent; following without any material lnterval
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ET. A flood, or overflowing of a river, by means of rains or melted snow; an inundation. Stover v. Insurance Co., 3 Phila. (I’a.) 42; Harris v. Social Mfg. Co., 9 R. I. 99. 11 Am. Rep. 224
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Fr. A brother. Frere egne, elder brother. Frere puisne, younger broth-er. Brltt c. 75
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In old records. Fresh water, or rain and land flood
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In old English law. A madman, or person in a frenzy. Fleta, lib. 1, c. 36
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A free-surety, or freepledge. Spelman. See Frank-Pledge
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Sax. An outlaw. So called because on his outlawry he was denied all help of friends after certain days. Cow-ell ; Blount
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ln old English law. A mulct or flne exacted from him who harbor-ed au outlawed friend. Cowell; Tomlins
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In maritime law. The party by whom a vessel is engaged or charter-ed; otherwise called the “charterer.” 2 Steph. Comm. 148. In French law, tlie owner of a vessel is called the “freighter,” (freteur;) the merchant who hires It is called the “af-freighter,” (affreteur.) Emerig. Tr. des Ass. ch. 11. $ 3
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In early times, in Eng-lish law, this term was applled to every stranger or “outlandish” man. Bruct lib. 3, tr. 2, c. 15
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This word has had various meanings at different stages of history. In the Roman law, it denoted one who was either bom free or emancipated, and was the opposite of “slave.” In feudal law, It designated an allodial proprietor, as distln-guished from a vassal or feudal tenant (And so in Pennsylvania colonial law. Fry’s Elec-tion Case, 71 Pa. 308, 10 Am. Rep. 698.) in old English law, the word described a freeholder or tenant by free services; one who was not a villein. In modern legal phraseology, it is the appellation of a member of a city or borough having the right of suffrage, or a member of any municipal corporation invested with full civic rights
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Freight is properly the price or compensation paid for the transportation of goods by a carrier, at sea, from port to port. But the term is also used to denote the hire paid for the carriage of goods on laud from place to place, (usually by a railroad company, not au express company,) or
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The state of being free; liberty; self-determination; absence of restraint; the opposite of slavery
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An estate in land or other real property, of uncertain duration; that is, either of inheritance or which may possibly last for tbe life of the tenant at the least, (as distinguished from a leasehold;) and held by a free tenure, (as distinguished from copy-hold or villelnage.) Nevitt v. woodburn, 175 111. 376, 51 N. E. 593; Railroad Co. v. Hemphill, 35 Miss. 22; Nellis v. Munson, 108 N. Y. 453, 15 N. E. 739; Jones v. Jones, 20 Ga. 700
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A sale of goods “free on board” Imports that they are. to be delivered on board the cars, vessels, etc., wlthout expense to the buyer for packing, cartage, or other such charges
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