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FINANCES

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The public wealth of a state or government, considered either statically (as the property or money which a state now owns) or dynamically, (as its income, revenue, or public resources.) Also the revenue or wealth of an individual. … [Read more...]

FILIATE

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To fix a bastard child on some one, as its father. To declare whose child it is. 2 W. Bl. 1017. Filiatio non potest probari. Co. Litt. 126. Filiation cannot be proved. … [Read more...]

FILLY

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A young mare; a female colt An indictment charging the theft of a "filly" is not sustained by proof ol the larceny of a "mare." Lunsford v. State, 3 Tex. App. 448, 28 Am. Rep. 414. … [Read more...]

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