See FOLC-LAND. … [Read more...] about FALK-LAND
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FALCIDIA
In Spanish law. The Falcidian portion; the portion of an inheritance which could not be legally bequeathed away from the heir, viz., one-fourth. … [Read more...] about FALCIDIA
FALL
In Scotch law. To lose. To fall from a right is to lose or forfeit it. … [Read more...] about FALL
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