Federal Insurance Contributions Act; A payroll tax for Social Security and Medicare based upon the employee's earnings. … [Read more...] about FICA
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FIDEI-COMMISSUM
In the civil law. A species of trust; being a gift of property (usually by will) to a person, accompanied by a request or direction of the donor that the recipient will transfer the property to another, the latter being a person not capable of taking directly under the will or gift. … [Read more...] about FIDEI-COMMISSUM
FICO
Fair Isaac Corporation; the largest company that provides credit scoring for the determination of creditworthiness. … [Read more...] about FICO
FIDE-JUBERE
In the civil law. To order a thing upon one's faith; to pledge one's self; to become surety for another. Fide-jubest Fide-jubeo: Do you pledge yourself? I do pledge myself. Inst 3, 16, 1. One of the forms of stipulation. … [Read more...] about FIDE-JUBERE
FICTIO
In Roman law. A fiction; an assumption or supposition of the law."Fictio" in the old Roman law was properly a term of pleading, and signified a false averment on the part of the plaintiff which the defendant was not allowed to traverse; as that the plaintiff was a Roman citizen, when in truth he was a foreigner. The object of the fiction was to give the court jurisdiction. … [Read more...] about FICTIO