In Scotch law. False making; forgery. "Falsing of evidentis" 1 Pitc. Crim. Tr. pt 1, p. 85. Making or proving false. Falsing of dooms. In Scotch law. The proving the injustice, falsity, or error of the doom or sentence of a court. Tomlins; Jacob. The reversal of a sentence or judgment. Skene. An appeal. Bell. … [Read more...] about FALSING
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FALCIDIAN LAW
civil law, plebiscitum. A statute or law enacted by the people, made during the reign of Augustus, on the proposition of Falcidius, who was a tribune in the year of Rome 714. 2. Its principal provision gave power to fathers of families to bequeath three-fourths of their property, but deprived them of the power to give away the other fourth, which was to descend to the heir. 3. … [Read more...] about FALCIDIAN LAW
FALL OF LAND
In English law. A quantity of land six ells square superficial measure. … [Read more...] about FALL OF LAND
FALCIDIAN PORTION
That portion of a testator's estate which, by the Falcidian law, was required to be left to the heir, amounting to at least one-fourth. … [Read more...] about FALCIDIAN PORTION
FALLO
In Spanish law. The final decree or judgment given in a controversy at law. … [Read more...] about FALLO