Fr. Expense; charges; costs. Frais d'un process, costs of a suit. Frails de justice. In French and Canadian law. Costs Incurred incidentally to the action. Frals jusqu'a bord. Fr. In French commercial law. Expenses to the board; expenses incurred on a shipment of goods, in packing, cartage, commissions, etc., up to the point where they are actually put on board the vessel. … [Read more...]

This word is used in composition, as frank-almoign, frank-marriage, frank-tenement … [Read more...]

The display of a web page within another web page or border (now more popular as an iframe) and is usually used for the purpose of retaining branding by the primary site. For example, a site that wants visitors to recognize its importance as a news aggregator may try to keep a small border with its logo and site header at the top of a page and show a newspaper website in the … [Read more...]

The privilege of sending certain matter through the public mails without payment of postage, in pursuance of a personal or official privilege. … [Read more...]

An ancient custom in Ireland, in which persons put away their children to fosterers. Fostering was held to be a stronger alliance than bipod, and the foster children participated in the fortunes of their foster fathers. Mozley Whitley. … [Read more...]