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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...] about FILLY

Latin meaning Filiation cannot be proved. … [Read more...] about FILIATIO NON POTEST PROBARI

Lat. In old practice. A file; 4. e., a thread or wire on which papers were strung, that being the ancient method of filing. Filum aquae. A thread of water; a line of water; the middle line of a stream/of water, supposed to divide it into two equal parts, and constituting in many cases the boundary between the riparian proprietors on each side. Ingraham v. Wilkinson, 4 Pick. … [Read more...] about FILUM

First in First Out. An accounting term concerning how to track costs of inventory which assumes that the first goods into storage are the first ones sold and removed from inventory. … [Read more...] about FIFO

The relation of a child to its parent; correlative to "paternity." o The judicial assignment of an illegitimate child to a designated man as its father. In the civil law. The descent of son or daughter, with regard to his or her father, mother, and their ancestors. … [Read more...] about FILIATION