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Lat. Fealty, (q. v.) Fidolitas. Do nullo tenemento, quod tenetur ad terminum, fit homagiii fit tunes indo fidolitatis saoramentum. Co. Litt 676. Fealty. For no tenement which is held for a term is there the oath of homage, but there is the oath of fealty. … [Read more...] about FIDELITAS

The assumption that a certain thing is true, and which gives to a person or thing, a quality which is not natural to it, and establishes, consequently, a certain disposition, which, without the fiction, would be repugnant to reason and to truth. It is an order of things which does not exist, but which the law prescribe; or authorizes it differs from presumption, because it … [Read more...] about FICTION OF LAW

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Founded on a fiction; haying the character of a fiction; false, feigned, or pretended. Fictitious action. An action brought for the sole purpose of obtaining the opinion of the court on a point of law, not for the settlement of any actual controversy between the parties. Smith Junction Ry. Co., 29 Ind. 551. Fictitious name. A counterfeit, feigned, or pretended name taken by a … [Read more...] about FICTITIOUS

L. Lat. A feud, fief, or fee. A right of using and enjoying forever the lands of another, which the lord grants on condition that the tenant shall render fealty, military duty, and other services. Spelman. Foudum antiquum. An ancient feud or fief; a fief descended to the vassal from his ancestors. 2 Bl. Comm. 212, 221. A fief which ancestors had possessed for more than four … [Read more...] about FEUDUM