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In international law. That portion of the territory of any country which lies close along "the border line of another country, and so "fronts" or faces it The term means something more than the boundary line itself, and includes a tract or strip of country, of indefinite extent, contiguous to the line. Stoughton v. Mott 15 Vt. 169. … [Read more...] about FRONTIER

Latin, meaning That is proved in vain which when proved is not relevant. … [Read more...] about FRUSTRA PROBATUR QUOD PROBATUM NON RELEVAT

Lat. A strait. Fretum Britannicum. The strait between Dover and Calais. … [Read more...] about FRETUM

Fresh uncultivated ground. Mon. Angl. t. 2, p. 56. Fresh; not salt. Reg. Orig. 97. Recent or new. See FRESH, and sub-titles thereunder. … [Read more...] about FRISCUS

An order of religious persons, of whom there were four principal branches, via.: (1) Minors, Grey Friars, or Franciscans; (2) Augustines; (3) Dominicans, or Black Friars; (4) White Friars, or Carmelites, from whom the rest descend. Wharton. … [Read more...] about FRIARS