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Lat. To betray faith or fealty. A term used in feudal and old English law of a feudatory or feudal tenant who does not keep that fealty which he bas sworn to the lord. Leg. Hen. I. c 53. … [Read more...] about FIDEM MENTIRI

In Spanish law. A sequestrator; a person in whose hands a thing in dispute is judicially deposited; a receiver. Las Partidas, pt. 3, tit. 9, 1. 1. … [Read more...] about FIEL

See FIDE-JUSSOR. … [Read more...] about FIDE-PROMISSOR

This term might well be considered as definite and certain a description as "close," and might be used in law; but it is not a usual description in legal proceedings. 1 Chit Gen. Pr. 160. … [Read more...] about FIELD

Lat. Faith; honesty; confidence; trust; veracity; honor. Occurring in the phrases "bona fides" (good faith,) "mala fidest" (bad faith,) and "uberrima fides," (the utmost or most abundant good faith.) Fides est obligatio conscientise alieujus ad intentionom alterius. Bacon. A trust is an obligation of conscience of one to the will of another. Fides servanda est. Faith must be … [Read more...] about FIDES