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| FOETURA | | civil law. The produce of animals, and the fruit of ... |
| FOETUS | | med. jur. The unborn child. The name of embryo is ... |
| FOLCMOTE | | The name of a court among the Saxons. It was ... |
| FOLD-COURSE | | Eng. law. By this phrase is understood land used as ... |
| FOLK-LAND | | Eng. law. Land formerly held at the pleasure of the ... |
| FOOT | | A measure of length, containing one-third of a yard, or ... |
| FOOT OF THE FINE | | estates, conveyancing. The fifth part of the conclusion of a ... |
| FOR THAT | | pleading. It is a maxim in law, regulating alike every ... |
| FORBEARANCE | | contracts. The act by which a creditor waits for the ... |
| FORCE AND ARMS | | The same as vi et armis. (q. v.) ... |
| FORCED HEIRS | | In Louisiana they are those persons whom the testator or ... |
| FORCIBLE ENTRY or DETAINER | | crim. law. An offence committed by unlawfully and violently taking ... |
| FORECLOSURE | | practice. A proceeding in chancery, by which the mortgagor's right ... |
| FOREHAND RENT | | Eng. law. A species of rent which is a premium ... |
| FOREIGN | | That which belongs to another country; that which is strange. ... |
| FOREIGN ATTACHMENT | | The name of a writ. By virtue of a foreign ... |
| FOREIGN COINS | | com. law. The money of foreign nations.</P><P>2. Congress have, from ... |
| FOREIGN JUDGMENT | | evidence, remedies. A judgment rendered in a foreign state.</P><P>2. In ... |
| FOREIGN LAWS | | evidence. The laws of a foreign country. They will be ... |
| FOREIGN NATION or STATE | | A nation totally independent of the United States of America</P><P>2. ... |
| FOREIGN PLEA | | One which, if true, carries the cause out of the ... |
| FOREIGNERS | | Aliens; persons born in another country than the United States, ... |
| FOREJUDGED THE COURT | | An officer of the court who is expelled the same, ... |
| FOREMAN | | The title of the presiding member of a grand jury. ... |
| FOREST | | By the English law, a forest is a circuit of ... |
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