Usury; the gain of interest; the practice of increasing money by lending. … [Read more...] about FENERATION
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FELONICE
Feloniously. Anciently an indispensable word in indictments for felony, and classed by Lord Coke among those voces artis (words of art) which cannot be expressed by any periphrasis or circumlocution. 4 Coke, 39; Co. Litt 391a; 4 Bl. Comm. 307. … [Read more...] about FELONICE
FENGELD
In Saxon law. A tax or imposition, exacted for the repelling of enemies. … [Read more...] about FENGELD
FELONIOUS
Malignant; malicious; done with intent to commit a crime; having the grade or quality of a felony. Felonious assault. Such an assault upon the person as if consummated, would subject the party making it, upon conviction, to the punishment of a felony, that is, to imprisonment in the penitentiary. Hinkle v. State. 94 Ga. 595. 21 S. E. 595. Felonious homicide. In criminal law. … [Read more...] about FELONIOUS
FENIAN
A champion, hero, giant. This word, in the plural, is generally used to signify invaders or foreign spoilers. The modern meaning of "fenian" is a member of an organization of persons of Irish birth, resident in the United States, Canada, and elsewhere, having for its aim the overthrow of English rule in Ireland. Webster, (Supp.) … [Read more...] about FENIAN