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...]

Practice. Suits brought. on pretended rights. 2. They are sometimes brought, usually on a pretended wager, for the purpose of obtaining the opinion of the court on a point of law. Courts of justice were constituted for the purpose of deciding really existing questions of right between parties, and they are not bound to answer impertinent questions which persons think proper to … [Read more...]

An indefinite expression for a small or limited number. In cases where exact description is required, the use of this word will not answer. Butts v. Stowe, 53 Vt 603; Allen v. Kirwan, 150 Pa. 612, 28 Ati. 495; Wheelock v. Noonaxi, 108 N. Y. 179, 15 N. E. 67, 2 Am. St Rep. 405. … [Read more...]

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A Latin abbreviation for "Fragmenta," designating the Digest or Pandects in the Corpus Juris Civilis of Justinian; so called because that work is made up of fragments or extracts from the'writings of numerous jurists. Mackeld. Rom. Law, … [Read more...]