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FOMENT

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To instigate. To stimulate a violent sentiment or course of action. … [Read more...]

FORAGIUM

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Straw when the corn is threshed out Cowell. … [Read more...]

FONDS ET BIENS

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Fr. In French law. Goods and effects. Adams v. Akerlund, 168 HI. 632, 48 N. E. 454. … [Read more...]

FORANEUS

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One from without; a foreigner; a stranger. Calvin. … [Read more...]

FONDS PERDUS

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In French law. A capital is said to be invested a fonds perdus when it is stipulated that in consideration of the payment of an amount as interest, higher than the normal rate, the lender shall be repaid his capital in this manner. The borrower, after having paid the interest during the period determined, is free as regards the capital itself. Arg. Fr. Merc. Law, 560. … [Read more...]

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