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  • FOENUS
    Lat. In the civil law. Interest on money; the lending of money on interest -Founts nantienm. Nautical or maritime interest An extraordinary rate of interest agreed to be paid for the loan of money on the hazard of a voyage: sometimes called "usuro maritime." Die. 22, 2; Code, 4, 33; More...
  • FOESA
    In old records. Grass; herbage. 2 Mon. Angl. 906&; CowelL
  • FOETICIDE
    In medical jurisprudence. Destruction of the foetus; the act by which criminal abortion is produced. 1 Beck, Med. Jur. 288; Guy, Med. Jur. 133.
  • FOETURA
    In the civil law. The produce of animals, and the fruit of other property, which are acquired to the owner of such animals and property by virtue of his right Bowyer, Mod Civil Law, c. 14, p. 81.
  • FOETUS
    In medical jurisprudence. An unborn child. An infant in ventre sa mere.
  • FOG
    In maritime law. Any atmospheric condition (including not only fog properly so called, but also mist or falling snow) which thickens the air, obstructs the view, and so increases the perils of navigation. Flint & P. M. R. Co., v. Marine Ins. Co. (O. C.) 71 Fed 210; Dolner v. More...
  • FOGAGIUM
    In old English law. Foggage or fog; a kind of rank grass of late growth, and not eaten In summer. Spelman; Cowell.
  • FOI
    In French feudal law. Faith; fealty. Guyot, Inst. Feod. c. 2.
  • FOINESUN
    In old English law. The fawning of deer. Spelman.
  • FOIRFAULT
    In old Scotch law. To forfeit 1 How. State Tr. 927.
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