FOREIGN. That which belongs to another country; that which is strange. 1 Peters, R. 343.2. Every nation is foreign to all the rest, and the several st...
FORCE AND ARMS. The same as vi et armis. (q. v.)FORCED HEIRS. In Louisiana they are those persons whom the testator or donor cannot deprive of the por...
FOLCMOTE. The name of a court among the Saxons. It was literally an assembly of the people or inhabitants of the tithing or town, its jurisdiction ext...
FLORIN. The name of a foreign coin. In all computations of customs, the florin of the southern states of Germany, shall be estimated at forty cents; t...
FLORIDA. The name of one of the new states of the United States of America. It was admitted into the Union by virtue of the act of congress, entitled ...
FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES. By the act entitled, "An act to establish the flag of the United States," passed April 4, 1818, 3 Story's L. ...
TO FIX. To render liable.2. This term is applied to the condition of special bail; when the plaintiff has issued a ca. sa. which has been returned by ...
FIRMAN. A passport g ranted by the Great Mogul, to captains of foreign vessels, to trade within the territories over which he has jurisdiction; a perm...
FINE FOR ALIENATION. During the vigor of the feudal law, a fine for alienation was a sum of money which a tenant by knight's service paid to his l...
FINDING, practice. That which has been ascertained; as, the ruding of the jury is conclusive as to matters of fact when confirmed: by a judgment of th...