"The decided weight of authority is to the effect that all who serve the same master, work under the same control, derive authority and compensation from the same common source, and are engaged in the same general business, though it may be in different grades or departments of it, are fellow-servants, who take the risk of each other's negligence." 2 Thomp. Neg. p. 1026, s 31. … [Read more...] about FELLOW-SERVANTS
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FEMME OR FEME
Woman. 2. This word is frequently used in law. Baron and feme, husband and wife; feme covert, a. married woman; feme sole, a single woman. 3. A feme covert, is a married woman. A feme covert may sue and be sued at law, and will be treated as a feme sole, when the husband is civiliter mortuus. … [Read more...] about FEMME OR FEME
FELO DE SE
A felon of himself; a suicide or murderer of himself. One who deliberately and intentionally puts an end to his own life, or who commits some unlawful or malicious act which results in his own death. Hale, P. C. 411: 4 Bl. Comm. 189; Life Ass'n v. Waller, 57 Ga. 536. … [Read more...] about FELO DE SE
FENATIO
In forest law. The fawning of deer; the fawning season. Spelman. … [Read more...] about FENATIO
FELON
One who has committed felony; one convicted of felony. … [Read more...] about FELON