Legal Term Dictionary

Impotence. Johnson.

Impotence. Johnson. Less...

Persons of free descent, or freemen born; the middle class of persons among the Saxons. Spelman.

Persons of free descent, or freemen born; the middle class of persons among the Saxons. Spelman. Less...

Fresh uncultivated ground. Mon. Angl. t. 2, p. 56. Fresh; not salt. Reg. Orig. 97. Recent or new. See FRESH, and sub-titles thereunder.

Fresh uncultivated ground. Mon. Angl. t. 2, p. 56. Fresh; not salt. Reg. Orig. 97. Recent or new. See FRESH, and sub-titles thereunder. Less...

Sax. Peace, security, or protection. This word occurs in many compound terms used in Anglo-Saxon law. -Frithborg. Frank-pledge. Cowell.-Frithbote. A satisfaction or fine for a breach of the peace.-Frithbreuch. The breaking of the peace.-Frithgar. The year of jubilee, or of meeting for peace and friendship.-Frithgilda. Guildhall; a company or fraternity More...

Sax. Peace, security, or protection. This word occurs in many compound terms used in Anglo-Saxon law. -Frithborg. Frank-pledge. Cowell.-Frithbote. A satisfaction or fine for a breach of the peace.-Frithbreuch. The breaking of the peace.-Frithgar. The year of jubilee, or of meeting for peace and friendship.-Frithgilda. Guildhall; a company or fraternity for the maintenance of peace and security; also a fine for breach of the peace. Jacob.- Frithman. A member of a company or fraternity.-Frithsoene. Surety of defense. Jurisdiction of the peace. The franchise of preserving the peace. Also spelled "frithsoken." -Frithsplot. A spot or plot of land, encircling some stone, tree, or well, considered sacred, and therefore affording sanctuary to criminals.-Frithstool. The stool of peace. A stool or chair placed in a church or cathedral, and which was the symbol and place of sanctuary to those who fled to it and reached it Less...

An answer or plea is called "frivolous" when it is clearly insufficient on its face, and does not controvert the material points of the opposite pleading, and is presumably interposed for mere purposes of delay or to embarrass the plaintiff. Erwln v. Lowery, 64 N. C. 321; Strong v. Sproul, More...

An answer or plea is called "frivolous" when it is clearly insufficient on its face, and does not controvert the material points of the opposite pleading, and is presumably interposed for mere purposes of delay or to embarrass the plaintiff. Erwln v. Lowery, 64 N. C. 321; Strong v. Sproul, 53 N. Y. 490; Gray v. Gidiere, 4 Strob. (S. C.) 442; Peacock v. Williams (C. C.) 110 Fed. 916. A frivolous demurrer has been defined to be one which is so clearly untenable, or its insufficiency so manifest upon a bare inspection of the pleadings, that its character may be determined without argument or research. Cottrill v. Cramer, 40 Wis. 558. Synonyms. The terms "frivolous" and "sham," as applied to pleadings, do not mean the same thing. A sham plea is good on its face, but false in fact; it may, to all appearances, constitute a perfect defense, but is a pretence because false and because not pleaded in good faith. A frivolous plea may be perfectly true in its allegations, but yet is liable to be stricken out because totally insufficient in substance. Andre? v. Bandler (Sup.) 56 N. Y. Supp.- 614;" Brown v. Jenison, 1 Code R. N. S. (N. fT. 157. Less...

An immunity for committing manslaughter. Mon. Angk t. 1, p. 173.

An immunity for committing manslaughter. Mon. Angk t. 1, p. 173. Less...

In English law a frontager is a person owning or occupying land which abuts on a highway, river, sea-shore, or the like. The term is generally used with reference to the liability of frontagers on streets to contribute towards the expense of paving, draining, or other works on the highway More...

In English law a frontager is a person owning or occupying land which abuts on a highway, river, sea-shore, or the like. The term is generally used with reference to the liability of frontagers on streets to contribute towards the expense of paving, draining, or other works on the highway carried out by a local authority, in proportion to the frontage of their respective tenements. Sweet. The term is also in a similar sense in American law, the expense of local improvements made by municipal corporations (such as paving, curbing, and sewering) being generally assessed on abutting property owners in proportion to the "frontage" of their lots on the street or highway, and an assessment so levied being called a "frontage assessment" Neenan v. Smith, 50 Mo. 531; Lyon v. Tonawanda (C. C.) 98 Fed. 366. Less...

In international law. That portion of the territory of any country which lies close along "the border line of another country, and so "fronts" or faces it The term means something more than the boundary line itself, and includes a tract or strip of country, of indefinite extent, contiguous to More...

In international law. That portion of the territory of any country which lies close along "the border line of another country, and so "fronts" or faces it The term means something more than the boundary line itself, and includes a tract or strip of country, of indefinite extent, contiguous to the line. Stoughton v. Mott 15 Vt. 169. Less...

Lat. In the civil law. One who had the usufruct of a thing; i. e, the use of the fruits, profits, or increase, as of land or animals. Inst 2, 1, 36, 38. Bracton applies it to a lessee, fermor, or farmer of land, or one who held lands ad More...

Lat. In the civil law. One who had the usufruct of a thing; i. e, the use of the fruits, profits, or increase, as of land or animals. Inst 2, 1, 36, 38. Bracton applies it to a lessee, fermor, or farmer of land, or one who held lands ad firmam, for a farm or term. Bract fol. 261. Less...

Lat. In the civil law. Fruit fruits; produce; profit or increase; the organic productions of a thing. The right to the fruits of a thing belonging to another. The compensation which a man receives from another for the use or enjoyment of a thing, such as interest or rent See More...

Lat. In the civil law. Fruit fruits; produce; profit or increase; the organic productions of a thing. The right to the fruits of a thing belonging to another. The compensation which a man receives from another for the use or enjoyment of a thing, such as interest or rent See Mackeld. Rom. Law, fi 167; Inst. 2, 1, 35. 37; Dig. 7, 1, 33; Id. 5, 3, 29; Id. 22, 1, 34. -Fruotns civile s. All revenues and recompenses which, though not fruits, properly speaking, are recognized as such by the law. The term includes such things as the rents and income of real property, interest on monev loaned, and annuities. Civ. Code La. 1900. art. 545.-Frnctns fnndl. The fruits (produce or yield) of land.-Fruotns industriales. Industrial fruits, or fruits of industry. Those fruits of a thing, as of land,, which are produced by the labor and industry of the occupant, as crops of grain; as distinguished from such as are produced solely by the powers of nature. Emblements are so called in the common law. 2 Steph. Comm. 258; 1 Chit Gen. Pr. 92. Sparrow v. Pond. 49 Minn. 412, 52 N. W. 36, 16 ll R. A. 103. 32 Am. St Rep. 571; Purner v. Piercy, 40 Md. 223. 17 Am. Rep. 591; Smock v. Smock. 37 Mo. App. 64.- Frnctns natnralos. Those products which are produced by the powers of nature alone; as wool, metals, milk, the young of animals. Sparrow v. Pond, 49 Minn. 412, 52 N. W. 36, 16 L. R. A. 108, 32 Am. St. Rep. 571.- Frnctns pecndnm. The produce or increase of flocks or herds.-Fractus pendente. Hanging fruits; those not severed. The fruits united with the thing which produces them. These form a part of the principal thing.- Frnctns rei allenss. The fruits of another's property; fruits taken from another's estate. -Frnctns separati. Separate fruits; the fruits of a thing when they are separated from it. Dig. 7, 4, 13.-Frnctns stantes. Standing fruits; those not yet severed from the stalk or stem. Frnctns angent hssreditatem. The yearly increase goes to en chance the inheritance. Dig. 5, 3, 20, 3. Frnctns pendontos pars fnndl viden tur. Hanging fruits make part of the land. Dig. 6, 1, 44; 2 Bouv. Inst no. 1578. Fruotns pereeptos villas non esse constat. Gathered fruits do not make a part of the farm. Dig. 10, 1, 17, 1; 2 Bouv. Inst no. 157a Less...