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A bank account that is suspended with money unable to be withdrawn. … [Read more...] about FROZEN ACCOUNT

Also known as frustration of purpose or the inability to complete a contract because an item has fundamentally changed, e.g. a bottle of wine that was to have been purchased was discovered to be incorrectly labeled or a cow to be purchased had died during negotiation. … [Read more...] about FRUSTRATION

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

Criminal law. To quickly pat down a person suspected of a crime for an illegal object or concealed weapon. … [Read more...] about FRISK

In the civil law. A temporary separation between husband and wife, caused by a quarrel or estrangement but not amounting to a divorce, because not accompanied with an Intention to dissolve the marriage. … [Read more...] about FRIBUSCULUM