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In Saxon law. Malice; open and deadly hostility; deadly feud. The word designated the enmity between the family of a murdered man and that of his murderer, which was recognized, among the Teutonic peoples, as justification for vengeance taken by any one of the former upon any one of the latter. … [Read more...] about FAIDA

One who helps something to take place or to happen but does not participate, e.g. one who arranges for something to occur or for persons to meet. … [Read more...] about FACILITATOR

In American law. A process by which the effects of a debtor are attached in the hands of a third person. A term peculiar to the practice in Vermont and Connecticut. Otherwise termed "trustee process" and "garnishment." Cross v. Brown, 19 R. I. 220, 33 Atl. 147. … [Read more...] about FACTORIZING PROCESS

Not meeting a goal or an expectation. A lack of success. 1. The difference between "fail" and "refuse" is that the latter involves an act of the will, while the former may be an act of inevitable necessity. Taylor v. Mason, 9 Wheat. 344, 6 L. Ed. 101. See Stallings v. Thomas, 55 Ark. 326, 18 S. W. 184; Telegraph Co. v. Irvin, 27 Ind. App. 62, 59 N. E. 327; Persons v. Hight, 4 … [Read more...] about FAIL

This name was formerly given to certain notes of some of the banks in the state of Connecticut, which were made payable in two years after the close of the war of 1812. Springfield Bank v. Merrick, 14 Mass. 322. … [Read more...] about FACILITIES