Lat. Form; the prescribed form of judicial proceedings. Forma et figure judlcii. The form and shape of Judgment or judicial action. 3 Bl. Comm. 271. Forma pauperis. See IN FORMA PAUPERIS. Forma dat esse. Form gives being. Called "the old physical maxim." Lord Henley, Ch., 2 Eden, 99. Forma legal is forma ossontialis. Legal form is essential form. 10 Coke, 100. Forma non … [Read more...] about FORMA
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FORISFACTURA
A crime or offense through which property is forfeited. A fine or punishment in money. Forfeiture. The loss ot property or life In consequence of crime. Forisfactura plena. A forfeiture of all a man's property. Things which were forfeited. Du Cange. Spelman. … [Read more...] about FORISFACTURA
FORMA LEGALIS FORMA ESSENTIALIS EST
Latin, meaning Legal form is essential form. … [Read more...] about FORMA LEGALIS FORMA ESSENTIALIS EST
FORISFACTUS
A criminal. One who has forfeited his life by commission of a capital offense. Spelman. Foriofaotus servus. A slave who has been a free man, but has forfeited his freedom by crime. Du Cange. … [Read more...] about FORISFACTUS
FORMA PAUPERIS
English law. When a person is so poor that he cannot bear the charges of suing at law or in equity, upon making oath that he is not worth five pounds, and bringing a certificate from a counselor at law, that he believes him to have a just cause, he is permitted to sue informa pauperis, in the manner of a pauper; that is, he is allowed to have original writs and subpoenas … [Read more...] about FORMA PAUPERIS