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FURNITURE

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Personal chattels in the use of a family. By the term household furniture in a will, all personal chattels will pass which may contribute to the use or convenience of the householder, or the ornament of the house; as, plate, linen, china, both useful and ornamental, and pictures. This term includes that which furnishes, or with which anything is furnished or supplied; whatever … [Read more...]

FUNGIBILES RES

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Lat. In the civil law. Fungible things. See that title. … [Read more...]

FURNIVAL'S INN

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Formerly an inn of chancery. See INNS OF CHANCERY. Furor contrahi matrimonlunt non sinit, quia consensu opus est. Insanity prevents marriage from being contracted, because consent is needed. Dig. 23, 2, 16, 2; 1 Ves. & B. 140; 1 Bl. Comm. 439; Wightman v. Wightman, 4 Johns. Ch. (N. Y.) 343, 345. … [Read more...]

FUNGIBLE

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A term used in the civil, French, and Scotch law, it signifies anything whatever, which consists in quantity, and is regulated by number, weight, or measure; such as corn, wine, or money. … [Read more...]

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