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That portion of a testator’s estate which, by the Falcidian law, was required to be left to the heir,, amounting to at […]

In old English law. To mow. Falcate prata, to mow or cut grass in mead-ows laid In for hay. A customary service1 […]

In Spanish law. The Fal-cidian portion; the portion of an inheritance which could not be legally bequeathed away from the heir, viz., […]

Idle persons; idle livers; vagabonds. Cowell; Blount Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In old English law. A Jack-*et or close coat Blount Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

As used in bonds of pub-lic aud private officers, this term imports not only honesty, but also a punctilious discharge of all […]

In French law. A juridical fact one of the factors or ele-ments constitutive of an obligation Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed […]

1. Confidence; credit; reliance. Thus, an act may be said to be done “on the faith” of certain representations Source: Black’s Law […]

L. Fr. Anything done. A deed; act; fact Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A deed enrolled, as a bargain and sale of freeholds. 1 Eeb. 568 Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A fraudulent, false, or collusive manner of pleading to the de-ception of a third person Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Justly; rightly; equitably, wlth substantial correctness Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In French law. Bankrupt-cy; failure; the situation of a debtor who finds himself unable to fulfill his engage-ments. Code de Com. arts. […]

In a general sense, deficiency, want, or lack; ineffectualness; inefficiency as measured by some legal standard; an un-successful attempt, white v. Pettijohn, […]

In Saxon law. Malice; open and deadly hostility; deadly feud. The word designated the enmity between the family of a murdered man […]

1. The difference between “fall” and “refuse” is that the latter involves an act of the will, while the former may be […]

A badge worn in popish times hy persons who had recanted and abjured what was then adjudged to be heresy, as an […]

A faggot vote is where a man is formally possessed of a right to vote for members of parliament, without possessing the […]

In old English law. The portlon brought by a wife to her hus-band, and which reverted to a widow, in case the […]

Approved men who were strong-armed; habentes homines or rich men, men of substance; pledges or bonds-men, who, by Saxon custom, were bound […]

The col-lege or society of advocates in Scotland Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In old English law. A marriage gift coming from the father or brother of the bride Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed […]

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

The corps of professors, instructors, tutors, and lec-turers. To be distinguished from the board of trustees, who constitute the corporation Source: Black’s […]

In tbe law of divoree Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)