An idiot or fool. Bract. fol. 420b. Foolish; absurd; indiscreet; or ill considered. Fatuum judicium, a foolish judgment or verdict. Applied to the verdict of a jury which, though false, was not criminally so, or did not amount to perjury. Bract fol. 289. Fatuus, upud juriconsultos nostros, accipitur pro non compos mentis; et fatuus dicitur, qui omnino desipit. 4 Coke, 128. … [Read more...] about FATUUS
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FEAL
Faithful. Tenants by knight service swore to their lords to be feal and leal; i.e., faithful and loyal. … [Read more...] about FEAL
FAST-DAY
A day of fasting and penitence, or of mortification by religious abstinence. See 1 Chit. Archb. Pr. (12th Ed.) 100, et seq. … [Read more...] about FAST-DAY
FAUBOURG
In French law, and in Louisiana. A district or part of a town adjoining the principal city; a suburb. See City Council of Lafayette v. Holland, 18 La. 286. … [Read more...] about FAUBOURG
FEAL AND DIVOT
A right in Scotland, similar to the right of turbary in England, for fuel, etc. … [Read more...] about FEAL AND DIVOT