F. O. B.

FACTUM

F. o. b. Free on board, contemplating payment of freight by the buyer. See 66 Wash. 101, Ann. Cas. 1913C, 427, 119 Pac. 16. Fabric lands. Lands contributed for support of cathedrals and churches. Fabrica. The coinage of money. Fabricare. To fabricate; to coin money; to make false coins.

Fabricate. To forge; to counterfeit. Fabula. A covenant; a contract. Face. That which appears on a document, pleading, writ or other paper.

F

things which are prohibited being done.

Factio testamenti. The making of a will.

Facto. In fact; in deed.

Factor. One whose regular business is to sell consigned goods on commission; a garnishee. See 120 Wis. 405, 102 Am. St. Rep. 991, 98 N. W. 235.

Factorage. The commissions paid a factor.

Factorize. To attach one's goods in the hands of a third party. See 19 R. I. 220, 33 Atl. 147. See, also, Garnish.

Factorizing process. See Factorize. Factors' acts. Statutes providing

for factors' liens for advances and for their enforcement against bills of lading.

Factory. An association of factors formed for their common welfare. Factum. A fact; an act; a deed. Factum a judice quod ad ejus officium non spectat, non ratum est. The act of a judge which does not belong to his office is void. Factum a judice quod ad officium ejus non pertinet ratum non est. The act of a judge which does not pertain to his office is void. Factum cuique suum, non adversario, One's act ought to nocere debet. harm himself and not his adversary.

Factum infectum fieri nequit. A

thing done cannot be undone. Factum negantis nulla probatio. The denial of a fact requires no proof.

Factum non dicitur quod non perseverat. A thing is not called done which is not finished.

Fairway. The navigable part of a
harbor or river.
Faisant. Doing.

Fait. A fact; a deed; an act.
Fait enrolle. An enrolled deed.
Faith and credit. See Full faith
and credit.

Faitours. Vagrants.
Falcare. To mow.

Falcidia. (Spanish) A fourth of an inheritance.

Falcidian law. A Roman statute of 714 A. D. restricting the disposition of property by will. Falcidian portion. The fourth of a succession which the testamentary heir was authorized to retain if the legacies absorbed more than three-fourths of it. See Civ. Code La. 1900. Faldae cursus.

A sheep trail.

Faldage. The lord's right to have his tenant's sheep manure his land; a fee paid by the tenant for exemption therefrom.

Faldata. A flock of sheep.
Fald-fee. Same as Faldage.

FALDSOCA

Faldsoca. Same as Faldage. Faldworth. One who has attained age entitling him to admission to a decennary.

Falk-land. Same as Folc-land.

Fall. To become the property of. See 11 Pa. St. 370.

Fall of land. (Scotch) One, one-hundred and sixtieth part of an acre. Fallo. (Spanish) A final judgment. Fallow land. Land left uncultivated to recuperate.

Falsa demonstratio. Erroneous de

scription.

Falsa demonstratio non nocet. Erroneous description does not injure. See 99 Tex. 391, 13 Ann. Cas. 1020, 2 L. R. A. (N. S.) 548, 89 S. W. 1057.

Falsa demonstratio non nocet, cum de corpore constat. An erroneous description is harmless when it is clear as to the individual. Falsa demonstratione legatum non perimi. An erroneous description will not nullify a legacy. See 3 Bradf. (N. Y.) 144.

Falsa grammatica non vitiat chartum. Faulty grammar will not vitiate a deed.

FALSE

False imprisonment. The unlawful arrest and detention of one's person with or without warrant or other process, or an unlawful restraint upon his person, or control over the freedom of his movements by force or threat. See 37 Utah, 116, Ann. Cas. 1912B, 1366, 26 L. R. A. (N. S.) 953, 106 Pac. 653. See, also, 54 Am. Dec. 258, note.

False judgment. A writ to correct an error of an inferior English court.

False Latin. An error in the use of

Latin in which all proceedings were formerly written. False measures. Fraudulently constructed means of measuring size or capacity and used to defraud. False personation. The offense of pretending to be a certain other person in order to defraud. False pretense. A fraudulent representation of an existing or past fact by one who knows it untrue to induce one to whom it is made to part with something of value. See 66 Cal. 10, 56 Am. Rep. 73, 4 Pac. 768, 773.

False return. A return of process by an officer stating what is untrue, to the damage of an interested party. See 170 Mo. 16, 70 S. W. 152.

False swearing. Differs from perjury in that it is voluntary and not required by law or made in the course of a judicial proceeding. See 27 Tex. App. 322, 11 S. W. 443.

False token. A false mark, sign, forged object, counterfeit letter, key, ring, or the like. See 33 Or. 584, 72 Am. St. Rep. 758, 44 L. R. A. 266, 56 Pac. 275.

False weights. Weighing devices so constructed and used as to defraud customers.

Falsing of dooms. (Scotch) Protesting against or pointing out errors in a sentence or judgment. Falso retorno brevium. A writ against an officer for making false return of a writ. Falsonarius. A forger.

Falsum. Something falsified, counterfeit or forged.

Falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus. Deceitful in one thing, deceitful in all things. See 57 Or. 61, Ann. Cas. 1912D, 1349, 29 L. R. A. (N. S.) 680, 110 Pac. 485. Fama. Good name; reputation. Fama, fides, et oculus non patiuntur ludum. Good name, faith and eyesight do not permit deceit. Fama, quae suspicionem inducit, oriri debet apud bonos et graves, non quidem malevolos et maledicos, sed providas et fide dignas personas, non semel sed saepius, quia clamor minuit et defamatio manifestat. Report, which induces suspicion, ought to arise from good and serious persons, not indeed from the malevolent and eviltongued, but from cautious and worthy persons, not once, but often, because praise dies out and evil gossip spreads. Famacide. A defamer. Familia. A family.

Familiares regis. Certain clerks of the English chancery courts.

FARTHING

Family. The collective body of persons forming one household, under one head, including parents. children and possibly servants. See 80 Conn. 212, 125 Am. St. Rep. 116, 11 Ann. Cas. 568, 67 Atl. 510. See, also, 61 Am. Dec. 586, note. Family Bible. One containing records of births, deaths and marriages in the family.

Family meetings. An advisory jury. See 44 La. Ann. 1037, 11 South. 712..

Famosi libelli. Plural of Famosus libellus.

Famosus libellus. A libelous book or publication. Fanatica mania.

Religious insanity. See 11 Phila. (Pa.) 534. Fanega. (Spanish) A measure of about 6,400 square yards. Fardage. Same as Dunnage. Fardel. A fourth part.

Farding deal. A fourth of an acre. Fare. The rate charged for the carriage of passengers. See 111 N. C. 615, 20 L. R. A. 743, 16 S. E. 857. Farinagium. A mill.

Farleu. Money paid in lieu of a heriot.

Fast bill of exceptions.

is entitled to review by the higher court without the usual delay. See 66 Ga. 353.

Fast estate. Realty.

Fast writ. Any proceeding entitled to precedence on a court calendar. See 135 Ga. 339, Ann. Cas. 1912A, 144, 31 L. R. A. (N. S.) 1057, 69 S. E. 593.

Fatuum judicium. A silly judgment. Fatuus. Fatuous; silly; foolish; idiotic; an idiot.

Fatuus, apud jurisconsultos nostros, accipitur pro non compos mentis; et fatuus dicitur, qui omnino desipit. "Fatuus," among our lawyers, is treated as meaning not in one's right mind, and he is called "fatuus" who is altogether foolish. Fatuus praesumitur qui in proprio nomine errat. He is presumed fatuous who makes a mistake in his own name. See 5 Johns. Ch. (N. Y.) 148.

Faubourg. A suburb.

To forge.

are

Favor. Prejudice; bias. Favorabilia in lege sunt fiscus, dos, vita, libertas. The revenue, dower, life and liberty are favored in law. Favorabiliores rei potius quam actores habentur. Defendants rather favored than plaintiffs. See 8 Wheat. (U. S.) 195, 5 L. Ed. 589. Favorabiliores sunt executiones aliis processibus quibuscunque. Executions are more favored than all other processes.

Favores ampliandi sunt; odia restringenda. Favorable comments should be encouraged, expressions of hatred should be restrained. Feal. Faithful.

One who does or commits

an act. Feasts. Ecclesiastical festivals or holidays.

Fecial law. Ancient Roman law governing declarations of war. Feciales. Ancient Roman officials upon whom devolved the function of declaring war.

Federal. Appertaining to the United States; appertaining to a community of sovereign states. See 6 Ohio St. 342.