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  • FRETEUR
    Fr. In French marine law. Freighter. The owner of a ship, who lets it to the merchant Emerig. Tr. des Ass. c. 11.
  • FRETTUM, FRECTUM
    In old English law. The freight of a ship; freight money. Cowell.
  • FRETUM
    Lat. A strait. -Fretnm Britannicnm. The strait between Dover and Calais.
  • FRIARS
    An order of religious persons, of whom there were four principal branches, via.: (1) Minors, Grey Friars, or Franciscans; (2) Augustines; (3) Dominicans, or Black Friars; (4) White Friars, or Carmelites, from whom the rest descend. Wharton.
  • FRIBUSCULUM
    In tbe civil law. A temporary separation between husband and wife, caused by a quarrel or estrangement but not amounting to a divorce, because not accompanied with an Intention to dissolve the marriage.
  • FRIDBORG, FRITHBORG
    Frankpledge. Cowell. Security for the peace. Spelman.
  • FRIDHBURGUS
    In old English law. A kind of frank-pledge, by which the lords or principal men were made responsible for their dependents or servants. Bract fol. 124b.
  • FRIEND OF THE COURT
    See AMICUS CURIAE.
  • FRIENDLESS MAN
    In old English law. An outlaw; so called because he was denied all help of friends. Bract lib. 3, tr. 2, c. 12.
  • FRIENDLY SOCIETIES
    In English law. Associations supported by subscription, for. the relief and maintenance of the members, or their wives, children, relatives, and nominees, in sickness, infancy, advanced age, widowhood, etc. The statutes regulating these societies were consolidated and amended by St. 38 & 39 Vict c. 60. Wharton.
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