French law. An exception or plea founded on law, which, without entering into the merits of the action, shows that the plaintiff has no right to bring it, either because the time during which it ought to have been brought has elapsed, which is called prescription, or that there has been a compromise, accord and satisfaction, or any other cause which has destroyed the right of … [Read more...] about FIN DE NON RECEVOIR
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FIGHT
An encounter with blows or other personal violence between two persons. … [Read more...] about FIGHT
FILING A CLAIM
To file a lawsuit. To officially make a claim. … [Read more...] about FILING A CLAIM
FINAL
Definitive; terminating; completed ; last. In its use in jurisprudence, this word is generally contrasted with "interlocutory." Johnson v. New York, 48 Hun, 620, 1 N. Y. Supp. 254; Garrison v. Dougherty, 18 S. C. 488; Rondeau v. Beaumette, 4 Minn. 224 (Gil. 163); Blanding v. Sayles, 23 R. I. 226, 49 Ati. 992. Final decision. One from which no appeal or writ of error can be … [Read more...] about FINAL
FIEF-TENANT
In old English law. The holder of a fief or fee; a feeholder or freeholder. … [Read more...] about FIEF-TENANT