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FARE

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A voyage or passage by water; also the money paid for a passage either by land or by water. Cowell. The price of passage, or the sum paid or to be paid for carrying a passenger. Chase v. New York Cent R. Co., 26 N. Y. 526. … [Read more...] about FARE

FAMILIA

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In Roman law. A household; a family. On the composition of the Roman family, see AGNATI; COGNATI; and see Mackeld. Rom. Law, s 144. Family right; the right or status of being the head of a family, or of exercising the patria potestas over others. This could belong only to a Roman citizen who was a "man in his own right," (homo sui juris.) Mackeld. Rom. Law, s … [Read more...] about FAMILIA

FAMILY POT TRUST

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See pot trust. … [Read more...] about FAMILY POT TRUST

FARINAGIUM

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A mill; a toll of meal or flour. Jacob; Spelman. … [Read more...] about FARINAGIUM

FAMILIAE EMPTOR

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In Roman law. An intermediate person who purchased the aggregate inheritance when sold per aes et libram, in the process of making a will under the Twelve Tables. This purchaser was merely a man of straw, transmitting the inheritance to the haeres proper. Brown. … [Read more...] about FAMILIAE EMPTOR

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