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  • IN FEODO
    In fee. Bract fol. 207; Fleta, lib. 2, c 64, ? 15. Seisitus in feodo, seised in fee. Fleta, lib. 3, c 7, 11. In fictione juris semper mquitae axis* tit. In the fiction of law there is always equity; a legal fiction Is always consistent with equity. 11 Coke, More...
  • IN FIERI
    In being made; in process of formation or development; hence, incomplete or inchoate. Legal proceedings are described as in fieri until judgment is entered.
  • IN FINE
    Lat At the end. Used, in references, to indicate that the passage cited is at the end of a book, chapter, section, etc
  • IN FORMA PAUPERIS
    In the character or manner of a pauper. Describes permission given to a poor person to sue without liability for costs.
  • IN FORO
    In a (or the) forum, court, or tribunal. -In foro oonscientise. In the tribunal of conscience: conscientiously; considered from a moral, rather than a legal, point of view.-In foro contentioso. In the forum of contention or litigation.-In foro ecolesiastioo. In an ecclesiastical forum; in the ecclesiastical court Fleta, lib. 2, More...
  • IN FRAUDEM CREDITORUM
    In fraud of creditors; with intent to defraud creditors. Inst 1, 6, pr. 8.
  • IN FRAUDEM LEGIS
    In fraud of the law. 3 Bl. Comm. 94. With the intent or view of evading the law. Jackson v. Jackson, 1 Johns. (N. Y.) 424, 432.
  • IN FULL
    Relating to the whole or fuU amount; as a receipt in full. Complete; giving all details. Bard v. Wood, 8 Mete. (Mass.) 75.
  • IN FULL LIFE
    Continuing in both physical and civil existence; that is, neither actually dead nor civiliter mortuus.
  • IN FUTURO
    In future; at a future time; the opposite of in press enti. 2 BL Comm. 166, 175.
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