In old records. A godson. Spelman. … [Read more...] about FILIOLUS
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FINAL DECREES
Decrees or judgments that are final decisions between the parties. … [Read more...] about FINAL DECREES
FILACER
An officer of the superior courts at Westminster, whose duty it was to file the writs on which he made process. There were fourteen filacers, and it was their duty to make out all original process. Cowell; Blount The office was abolished in 1837. … [Read more...] about FILACER
FILIUS
Lat. A son; a child. A distinction was sometimes made, in the civil law, between "filii" and "liberi;" the latter word including grandchildren, (nepotes,) the former not. Inst. 1, 14, 5. But, according to Paulus and Julianus, they were of equally extensive import. Dig. 50, 10, 84; Id. 50, 16, 201. Filins familias. In the civil law. The son of a family; an unemancipated son. … [Read more...] about FILIUS
FINAL JUDGMENT
The verdict, the final determination of a case which is then documented in writing by the judge presiding over the case. … [Read more...] about FINAL JUDGMENT