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FORAGIUM

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Straw when the corn is threshed out Cowell. … [Read more...]

FONDS ET BIENS

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Fr. In French law. Goods and effects. Adams v. Akerlund, 168 HI. 632, 48 N. E. 454. … [Read more...]

FORANEUS

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One from without; a foreigner; a stranger. Calvin. … [Read more...]

FLY FOR IT

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On a criminal trial in former times, it was usual after a verdict of not guilty to Inquire also, "Did he fly for it?" This practice was abolished by the 7 A 8 Geo. IV., c. 28, … [Read more...]

FOEMINA VIRO CO-OPERTA

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A married woman; a feme covert. Feeminse ab omnibus officiis civilibus vel publicis remotee sunt. Women are excluded from all civil and public charges or offices. Dig. 50, 17, 2; 1 Exch. 645; 6 Mees. & W. 216. Foeminse non sunt capaces de publicis officiis. Jenk. Cent. 237. Women are not admissible to public offices. … [Read more...]

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