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  • FOITERERS
    Vagabonds. Blount
  • FOLC-GEMOTE
    In Saxon law. A general assembly of the people In a town or shire. It appears to have had judicial functions of a limited nature, and also to have discharged political offices, such as deliberating upon the affairs of the commonwealth or ocomplaining of misgovernment and probably possessed considerable powers More...
  • FOLC-LAND
    In Saxon law.. Land of the folk or people. Land belonging to the people or the public. Folc-land was the property of the community. It might be occupied in common, or possessed In severalty; and, in the latter case, it was* S robably parceled out to Individuals in the >lc-gemote More...
  • FOLC-MOTE
    A general assembly of the people, under the Saxons. See FOLC-GEMOTE.
  • FOLC-RIGHT
    The common right of all the people. 1 Bl. Comm. 05, 67. The jus commune, or common law, mentioned in the laws of King Edward the Elder, declaring the same equal right, law, or justice to be due to persons of all degrees. Wharton.
  • FOLD-COURSE
    In English law. Land to which the sole right of folding the cattle of others is appurtenant. Sometimes it means merely such right pf folding. Tbe right of folding on another's land, which is called "ocommon foldage." Co. Litt. 6c, note 1.
  • FOLD AGE
    A privilege possessed In-some places by the lord of a manor, which consists in the right of having his tenant's sheep to feed on his fields, so as to manure the land. The name of foldage is also given in parts of Norfolk to the customary fee paid to the More...
  • FOLGARII
    Menial servants; followers. Bract.
  • FOLGERE
    In old English law. A freeman, who has no house or dwelling of his own, but is the follower or retainer of another, (heorthfcest,) for whom he performs certain predial services.
  • FOLIO
    1. A leaf. In the ancient lawbooks it was the custom to number the leaves, Instead of the pages; hence a folio would include both sides of the leaf, or two pages. The references to these books are made by the number of the folio, the letters " More...
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