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...]

(A) A person or party that has an obligation to act in good faith, trust, honesty and best interests of another. Examples of fiduciaries include trustees, attorneys and business advisors towards their clients, etc. (B) This term is borrowed from the civil law. The Roman laws called a fiduciary heir, the person who was instituted heir, and who was charged to deliver the … [Read more...]

Lat. To he made; to be done. See IN FIERI. … [Read more...]

One who is in a position of trust on behalf of another in need, e.g. a trustee who handles money matters for the trust owned by young children. … [Read more...]

(That you cause,to be made.) In practice. A writ of execution commanding the sheriff to levy and make the amount of a judgment from the goods and chattels of the judgment debtor. Fieri facias de bonis ecclesiasticu. When a sheriff to a common fi. fa. returns nulla bona, and that the defendant is a beneficed clerk, not having any lay fee; a plaintiff may issue a ft. fa, de bonis … [Read more...]