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A co-helr; partner of the same Inheritance Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

“The decided weight of authority is to the effect that all who serve the same master, work under the same control, derive […]

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

A-companion; one with whom we consort; one joined with another in some legal status or relation; a member of a col-lege or […]

A field; in composition, wild. Blount Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

L. Fr. Faithful. See Feal Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Fictitious; pretended; sup-posititlous; simulated Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In Saxon law. one bound for another by oath; a sworn brother. A friend bound in the decennary for the good behavior […]

In old English law. A thlef caught while escaping with the stolen goods in his possession. Spelman Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd […]

The name given to certain secret tribunals which flourished in Germany from the end of the twelfth cen-tury to the middle of […]

An estate tail; an estate of inheritance given to a man and the heirs of his body, or limited to certain classes […]

To lend additional support; to strengthen ex post facto. “The interest when it accrues feeds the estoppel.” Christmas v. oliver, 5 Mood. […]

This is a species of tenure, where land is held of another in perpetuity at a yearly rent, without fealty, homage, or […]

In English law. A Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Among the ancient Romans, that order of priests who discharged tiie duties of ambassadors. Subsequently their du-tles appear to have related more […]

In constitutional law. A Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Certain established festivals or holidays In the ecclesiastical calendar. These days were anciently uded as the dates of legal Instruments, and in […]

The nearest approach to a system of International law known to the ancient world. It was a branch of Roman Jurisprudence, concerned […]

Doing, or making, as, in the term “damage feasant,” (doing damage or Injury,) spoken of cattle straying upon another’s land Source: Black’s […]

Doer; maker. Feasors del estaiute, makers of the statute. Dyer, 3b. Also used in the compound term, “tort-feasor,” one who commits or […]

Apprehension of harm Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A doing; the doing of an act See Malfeasance; Misfeasance; Non-feasance Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Faithful. Tenants by knight serv-ice swore to thelr lords to be feal and leal Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A right in Scot-land, slmllar to the rlght of turbary in Eng-land, for fuel, etc Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In old English law. False; counterfeit. Faux action, a false actlon. Lltt. | 688. Faux money, counterfeit money. SL westm. 1, c. […]