In Spanish law. Sequestration. This is allowed in six cases by the Spanish law where the title to property is in dispute. Las Partidas, pt 3, tit 3, 1. 1. … [Read more...] about FIELDAD
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FIDUCIAL
An adjective having the same meaning as "fiduciary;"' as, in the phrase "public or fiducial office." Ky. St s 3752; Moss v. Rowlett, 112 Ky. 121, 65 S. W. 153. … [Read more...] about FIDUCIAL
FIELD-ALE
An ancient custom in England, by which officers of the forest and bailiffs of hundreds had the right to compel the hundred to furnish them with ale. Tomlins. … [Read more...] about FIELD-ALE
FIDUCIARIUS TUTOR
In Roman law. The elder brother of an emancipated pupil, Ins, whose father had died leaving him still under fourteen years of age. … [Read more...] about FIDUCIARIUS TUTOR
FIERDING COURTS
Ancient Gothic courts of an inferior jurisdiction, so called because four were instituted within every inferior district or hundred. 3 BL Comm. 34. … [Read more...] about FIERDING COURTS