In Roman law. Holidays; generally speaking, days or seasons during which free born Romans suspended their political transactions and their lawsuits, and during which slaves enjoyed a cessation from labor, all ferics were thus dies nefasti. All fericB were divided into two classes,"feria publicw" and "ferice privatas," The latter were only observed by single families or … [Read more...] about FERIAE
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FEOFFMENT
The gift of any corporeal hereditament to another, (2 Bl. Comm. 310), operating by transmutation of possession, and requiring, as essential to its completion, that the seisen be passed, (Watk. Conv. 183), which might be accomplished either by investiture or by livery of seisin. Also the deel or conveyance by which such corporeal hereditament is passed. A feoffment originally … [Read more...] about FEOFFMENT
FERIAL DAYS
Holidays; also weekdays, as distinguished from Sunday. Cowell. … [Read more...] about FERIAL DAYS
FEOFFOR
The person making a feoffment or enfeoffing another in fee. … [Read more...] about FEOFFOR
FERITA
In old European law. A wound; a stroke. Spelman. … [Read more...] about FERITA