Latin, meaning Good faith is to be preserved. … [Read more...] about FIDES SERVANDA EST
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FIELD SOBRIETY TEST
A test given by law enforcement (police officers) to drivers of motor vehicles who are under suspicion of being intoxicated. Usually administered on the side of the road at the scene where the vehicle has been stopped. The driver is usually asked to perform a series of tests that will reveal dexterity such as walking toe to toe on one line, closing one's eyes and touching one's … [Read more...] about FIELD SOBRIETY TEST
FIDUCIA
In Roman law. An early form of mortgage, or pledge, in which both the title and possession of the property were passed to the creditor by a formal act of sale, (properly with the solemnities of the transaction known as mancipatto,) there being at the same time an express or implied agreement on the part of the creditor to reconvey the property by a similar act of sale provided … [Read more...] about FIDUCIA
FIELDAD
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
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