Legal Term Dictionary

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...

In the civil law. Anything produced from vines, underwood, chalk-pits, stone-quarries. Dig. 50, 16, 77. Grains and leguminous vegetables. In a more restricted sense, any esculent growing in pods. Vicat Voc. Jur.; Calvin.

In the civil law. Anything produced from vines, underwood, chalk-pits, stone-quarries. Dig. 50, 16, 77. Grains and leguminous vegetables. In a more restricted sense, any esculent growing in pods. Vicat Voc. Jur.; Calvin. Less...

The produce of a tree or plant which contains the seed or is used for food. This term, in legal acceptation, is not confined to the produce of those trees which in popular language are called "fruit trees," but applies also to the produce of oak, elm, and walnut trees. More...

The produce of a tree or plant which contains the seed or is used for food. This term, in legal acceptation, is not confined to the produce of those trees which in popular language are called "fruit trees," but applies also to the produce of oak, elm, and walnut trees. Bullen v. Denning, 5 Barn. & C. 847. " -Civil fruits, in the civil law (fructus civiles) are such things as the rents and income of real property, the interest on money loaned, and annuities. Civ. Code La. 1900, art. 545.-Fruit fallen. The produce of any possession detached therefrom, and capable of being enjoyed by itself. Thus, a next presentation, when a vacancy has occurred, is a fruit fallen from the advowson. Wharton.-Fruits of crime. In the law of evidence. Material objects acquired by means and in consequence of the commission of crime, and sometimes constituting the subject-matter of the crime. Burrill, Circ. Ev. 445; 3 Benth. Jud. Ev. 31.- Natural fruits. The produce of the soil, or of fruit-trees, bushes, vines, etc., which are edible or otherwise useful or serve for the reproduction of their speciea The term is used in contradistinction to "artificial fruits," i.e. such as by metaphor or analogy are likened to the fruits of the earth. Of the latter, interest on money hi an example. See Civ. Code La. 1000, art 545. Frumenta qnse sata sunt solo oedere intelliguntur. Grain which is sown is understood to form a part of the soil. Inst. 2, 1, 32. Less...

In the civil law. Grain. That which grows in an ear. Dig. 50, 16, 77.

In the civil law. Grain. That which grows in an ear. Dig. 50, 16, 77. Less...

Sax. The first payment made to the kindred of a slain person in recompense for his murder. Blount.

Sax. The first payment made to the kindred of a slain person in recompense for his murder. Blount. Less...

Sax. In Saxon law. A chief seat, or mansion house. Cowell.

Sax. In Saxon law. A chief seat, or mansion house. Cowell. Less...

In old records. Uncultivated and desert ground. 2 Mon. Angl. 327; Cowell.

In old records. Uncultivated and desert ground. 2 Mon. Angl. 327; Cowell. Less...

A breaking; plowing. Cowell. Frustra agit qui judicium prosequi nequit onm offootu. He sues to no purpose who cannot prosecute his judgment with effect, [who cannot have the fruits of his Judgment.] Fleta, lib. 6, c. 37, | 9. Frustra [vans] est potcntia qua nun-quam venit in actum. That power More...

A breaking; plowing. Cowell. Frustra agit qui judicium prosequi nequit onm offootu. He sues to no purpose who cannot prosecute his judgment with effect, [who cannot have the fruits of his Judgment.] Fleta, lib. 6, c. 37, | 9. Frustra [vans] est potcntia qua nun-quam venit in actum. That power is to no purpose which never comes into act, dr. which is never exercised. 2 Coke, 51. Frustra expectatur eventus cujus of-foetus nullus sequitur. An event is vainly expected from which no effect follows. Frustra fornntur logos nisi subditis et obedientibus. Laws are made to no purpose, except for those that are subject and obedient Branch, Prlnc. Frustra lit per plura, quod fieri potest per pandora. That is done to no purpose by many things which can be done by fewer. Jenk. Cent. p. 68, case 28. The employment of more means or instruments for effecting a thing than are necessary is to no purpose. Frustra legis auxilium invocat [quss-rit] qui in legum oommlttit. He vainly invokes the aid of the law who transgresses the law. Fleta,. lib. 4, c. 2, s 3; 2 Hale, P. C. 386; Broom, Max. 270, 207. Frustra petis qnod mon es restiturns. In vain you ask that which you will have immediately to restore. 2 Karnes, Eq. 104; 5 Man. & G. 757. Frustra petis quod statim alteri red-doro cogoris. Jenk. Cent. 256. You ask In vain that which you might immediately be compelled to restore to another. Frustra probatur quod probatum non relevat. That is proved to no purpose which, when proved, does not help. Halk Lat. Max. 50. Less...

A piece or parcel of land lying by itself. Co. Litt. 56.

A piece or parcel of land lying by itself. Co. Litt. 56. Less...

In old records. A place overgrown with shrubs and. bushes. Spelman; Blount

In old records. A place overgrown with shrubs and. bushes. Spelman; Blount Less...