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The remuneration fixed for the rearing of a foster child; also the jointure of a wife. Jacob Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd […]

A small ditch. Cowell Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

An ancient custom in Ire-land, in which persons put away their children to fosterers. Fostering was held to*be a stronger alliance than […]

A dyke, ditch, or trench; a place inclosed by a ditch; a moat; a canal Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

WAY, or FO88E. one of the Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In old English iaw. The duty levied on the Inhabitants for repairing the moat or ditch round a fortified town Source: Black’s […]

In old Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

MERCHANT, or FOR-WARDER. one who receives and forwards goods, taking upon himself the expenses of transportation, for which he receives a coin-pensation […]

In tbe oivil law. A ditch; a receptacle of water, made by hand. Dig. 43, 14, 1, 5 Source: Black’s Law Dictionary […]

Lat. A court of justice, or judiclal tribunal; a place of jurisdictlon ; a place where a remedy is sought; a place […]

In old records. A long slip of ground. Cowell Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In land law’s and conveyancing, In those regions where grants, transfers, and deeds are made with reference to tlie subdl-vislons of the […]

In old Engllsh forest law. The court of attachment iu for-ests, or wood-mote court Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In English lnw. Persons pretending or professing to tell for-tunes, and punishable as rogues and vaga-bonds or disorderly persons. 4 Bl. Comm. […]

In old English law. A tournament or fighting with spears, and an appeal to fortune therein Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed […]

Accidental; undesigned; adventitious. Resulting from unavoidable physical causes Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Lat. Fortune; aiso treas-ure-trove. Jacob. Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A place or port of some streugth; a little fort, old Nat. Brev. 45 Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In French law. Accidental; fortuitous. Cos fortuit, a fortuitous event. Fartuitmcnt, accidentally; by chance Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

See A Fobtiohi Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Lat Strong. Fortis et sana, strong and sound; staunch and strong; as a vessel. Townsh. 1*1. 227 Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd […]

In old English law. A fortified place; a castle; a bulwark. Coweli; 11 Hen. VII. c. 18 Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd […]

Lat. Stronger. A term ap-plled, in the latv of evidence, to that specles of presumption, arising from facts shown in evidence, which […]

As soon as, by reason-able exertion, confined to the object, a thing may be done. Thus, when a defendant is ordered to […]

Force. In old English law. Force used by an accessary, to enable the principal to commit a crime, as by binding or […]