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Lat Burning; raging; in actual perpetration Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A place covered with standing water Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A national standard on which are certain emblems; an ensign; a banuer. It is carried by soldiers, ships, etc., and com-monly displayed […]

An act of parliament, passed in 1065, against non-conform-ists, whereby ministers of that body were prohibited from coming withln five miles of […]

1. A fixture is a personal chattel substantially affixed to the land, hut which may afterwards be lawfully removed therefrom by the […]

In the clvll law. A pipe for conveying water. Dig. 8, 2, 18 Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A Norman word, meaning “son.** It is used in law and genealogy; as Fitsher-bert, the son of Herbert; Fitzjames, the son of […]

In mining law. A vein or lode of mineralized matter filling a pre-existing fissure or crack In the earth’s crust extending across […]

or FESTUOA. In old English law. Tbe rod or wand, by the dellvery of whlch the property in land was formerly transferred […]

A term descriptive of a blll in equity which seeks a discovery up-on general, loose, and vague allegations. Story, Eq. Pl. 4 […]

In Scotch law. The flscus or fisc. The revenue of the crown. Generally used of the personal estate of a rebel which […]

A place prepared for catch-ing fish with nets or hooks. This is com-monly applied to the place of drawing a seine or […]

A dam or wear in a river for taking fish. Cowell Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In Roman la*. The treasury of the prince or emperor, as distinguished from “ararium ” which was the treasury of the state. […]

An animal which inhabits the wa-ter, breathes by means of gills, swims by the aid of fins, and is oviparous Source: Black’s […]

An Anglicized form of the Latin “flseus,” (whlch see Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Belonglng to the fisc, or pub-llc treasury. Relating to accounts or the management of revenue Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In old English law. Liberty to scour and repair a mill-dam, aud carry away the soil, etc. Blount Source: Black’s Law Dictionary […]

Inltial; leading; chief; preceding all others of the same kind or class in sequence, (numerical or chronological;) en-tltled to priority or preference […]

In oid Eugllsh law. Au as* surance of some privilege, by deed or char-ter Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A statement tliut an affiant “firmly believes” the contents of the attida-vit Imports a strong or high degree of belief, and is […]

L. Lat. A fermor. A lessee of a term. Firmarii comprehend all such as hold by lease for life or lives or […]

The doe season. Also a supplylng with food. Cowell Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

The right of a tenant to hls lands and tenements. Cowell Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In old records. A place in monasteries, and elsewhere, where the poor were received and supplied with food. Spelman. Hence the word, […]