In a general sense, deficiency, want or lack; ineffectualness; inefficiency as measured by some legal standard; an unsuccessful attempt. White v. Pettijohn, 23 N. C. 55; State v. Butler, 81 Minn. 103, 83 N. W. 483; Andrews v. Keep, 38 Ala. 317. In commercial law, the suspension or abandonment of business by a merchant, manufacturer, bank, etc., in consequence of insolvency. … [Read more...] about FAILURE
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FACILTATE
To aid or assist, to help another make something easier to accomplish (such as a crime.) … [Read more...] about FACILTATE
FACTUM
Latin: In old English law. A deed; a person's act and deed; anything stated or made certain; a sealed instrument; a deed of conveyance. A fact; a circumstance; particularly a fact in evidence. Bract, fol. 16. In testamentary law. The execution or due execution of a will. The factum of an instrument means not barely the signing of it, and the formal publication or delivery, but … [Read more...] about FACTUM
FAILURE ANALYSIS
The examination of a procedure or product to determine the cause of failure or potential for failure. … [Read more...] about FAILURE ANALYSIS
FACIO UT DES
(Lat. I do that you may give.) A species of contract in the civil law (being one of the innominate contracts) which occurs when a man agrees to perform anything for a price either specifically mentioned or left to the determination of the law to set a value on it; as when a servant hires himself to his master for certain wages or an agreed sum of money. 2 BL Comm. 445. … [Read more...] about FACIO UT DES