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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

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

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

English law. An officer of the court of common pleas, so called because he files those writs on which he makes out process. … [Read more...] about FILACER, FILAZIER, OR FILZER

The eldest legitimate son of parents, who, before their marriage, had illegitimate children. Vide Mulier. … [Read more...] about FILIUS MULIERATUS