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FORTUNIUM

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In old English law. A tournament or fighting with spears, and an appeal to fortune therein. … [Read more...]

FOSTER CARE

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When children are unable to live in the homes of their parents, usually due to neglect or abuse, the court may order they be moved to another home to care for their children. Foster parents become legally responsible to care for their foster children but do not have the same rights as biological parents. They may be limited in how they can discipline a child, educate them to … [Read more...]

FORTHWITH

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As soon as, by reasonable exertion, confined to the object, a thlnp may be done. Thus, when a defendant is ordered to plead forthwith, he must plead within twenty-four hours. When a statute enacts that an act is to be done "forthwith," it means that the act is to be done within a reasonable time. … [Read more...]

FORTY

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In land laws and conveyancing, in those regions where grants, transfers, and deeds are made with reference to the subdivisions of the government survey, this term means forty acres of land in the form of a square, being the tract obtained by quartering a section of land (010 acres) and again quartering one of the quarters. Lente v. Clarke, 22 Fla. 515, 1 South. 149. … [Read more...]

FOSTER CHILD

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Children taken out of the home of biological parents, usually due to neglect or abuse, and placed in a temporary home of people who provide food, shelter and care for the children. See foster care. … [Read more...]

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