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  • FEORME
    A certain portion of the produce of the land due by the grantee to the lord according to the terms of the charter. Spel. Feuds, c. 7.
  • FERAE BESTIAE
    Wild beasts.
  • FERAE NATURAE
    Lat. Of a wild nature or disposition. Animals which are by nature wild are so designated, by way of distinction from- such as are naturally tame, the latter being called "domitw naturw.9r Fleet v. Hegeman, 14 Wend. (N. Y.) 43; State v. Taylor, 27 N. J. Law, 119, 72 Am. More...
  • FERCOSTA
    Ital. A kind of small vessel or boat Mentioned in old Scotch law, and called "fercost." Skene.
  • FERDELLA TERRAE
    A fardel-land; ten acres; or perhaps a yard-land. CowelL-
  • FERDFARE
    Sax. A summons to serve-in the army. An acquittance from going into-the army. Fleta, lib. 1, c. 47, 5 23.
  • FERDINGUS
    A term denoting, apparently, a freeman of the lowest class, being named after the cotseti.
  • FERDWITE
    In Saxon law. An acquittance of manslaughter committed in the army; also a fine imposed on persons for net going forth on a military expedition. CowelL
  • FERIA
    In old English law. A weekday; a holiday; a day on which process could not be served; a fair; a ferry. Cowell Du Cange; Spelman.
  • FERIAE
    In Roman law. Holidays ; generally speaking, days or seasons during which free-born Romans suspended their political transactions and their lawsuits, and during which slaves enjoyed a cessation from: labor, all ferics were thus dies nefasti. All levies were divided into two classes,-"feriw puUicte" and "feriw privates." The latter were More...
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