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FUAGE , FOCAGE

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Hearth money. A tax laid upon each fire-place or hearth. An imposition of a shilling for every hearth, levied by Edward III. in the dukedom of Aquitalne. Spelman; 1 Bl. Comm. 324. … [Read more...]

FULL

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Ample; complete; perfect; mature; not wanting in any essential quality. Mobile School Com'rs v. Putnam, 44 Ala. 537; Reed v. Hazleton, 37 Kan. 321, 15 Pac. 177; Quinn v. Donovan, 85 111. 195. Full age. The age of legal majority, twenty-one years at common law, twenty-five in the civil law. 1 Bl. Comm. 463: Inst. 1, 23, pr. Full answer. In pleading. A complete and meritorious … [Read more...]

FUER

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In old English law. Flight. It is of two kinds: (1) Fuer in fait, or in facto, where a person does apparently and corporally flee; (2) fuer in ley, or in lege, when, being called in the county court, he does not appear, which legal interpretation makes flight. Wharton. … [Read more...]

FULL AGE

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A person is said to have full age at twenty-one years, whether the person be a man or woman. See Age. … [Read more...]

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