Legal Term Dictionary

In Scotch practice. To outlaw, by the sentence of a court; to oat-law for non-appearance in a criminal case. 2 Alls. Crim. Pr. 350. -Fugitation. When a criminal does not obey the citation to answer, the court pronounces sentence of fugitation against him, which induces a forfeiture of goods and More...

In Scotch practice. To outlaw, by the sentence of a court; to oat-law for non-appearance in a criminal case. 2 Alls. Crim. Pr. 350. -Fugitation. When a criminal does not obey the citation to answer, the court pronounces sentence of fugitation against him, which induces a forfeiture of goods and chattels to the crown. Less...

One who flees; always used in law with the implication of a flight, evasion, or escape from some duty or penalty or from the consequences of a misdeed. -Fugitive from justice. A person who, having committed a crime, flies from the state or country where it transpired, in order to More...

One who flees; always used in law with the implication of a flight, evasion, or escape from some duty or penalty or from the consequences of a misdeed. -Fugitive from justice. A person who, having committed a crime, flies from the state or country where it transpired, in order to evade arrest and escape justice. Roberts v. Reilly, 116 U. S. SO, 6 Sup. Ct. 291, 29 L Ed. 541; State v. Hall. 115 X. C. 811, 20 S. E. 729, 28 L. R. A. 289, 44 Am. St. Rep. 501; In re Voorhees. 32 N. J. Law, 150; State v. Clough, 71 N. H. 594. 53 Atl. 1086. 67 L. R. A. 946; People v. Hyatt, 172 N. Y. 176, 64 N. E. 825. 60 L. It A. 774, 92 Am. St. Rep. 706. -Fugitive offenders. In English law. Where a person accused of any offense punishable by imprisonment, with hard labor. for twelve months or more, has left that part of his majesty's dominions where the offense is alleged to have been committed, he is liable, if round in any other part of his majesty's dominions, to be apprehended and returned in manner provided by tbe fugitive offenders act, 1881, to the part from which he is a fugitive. Wharton.-Fugitive slave. One who, held in bondage, flees from his master's power.-Fugitive slave law. An act of congress passed in 1793 (and also one enacted in 1850) providing for the surrender and deportation of slaves who escaped from their masters and fled into the territory of another state, generally a "free" state. Less...

In the civil law. A fugitive; a runaway slave. Dig. 11, 4; Cod. 6, 1. See the various definitions of this word in Dig. 21, 1, 17.

In the civil law. A fugitive; a runaway slave. Dig. 11, 4; Cod. 6, 1. See the various definitions of this word in Dig. 21, 1, 17. Less...

Fr. In medical jurisprudence. Ambulatory automatism. See AUTOMATISM.

Fr. In medical jurisprudence. Ambulatory automatism. See AUTOMATISM. Less...

Ample; complete; perfect; mature; not wanting in any essential quality. Mobile School Com'rs v. Putnam, 44 Ala. 537; Reed v. Hazleton, 37 Kan. 321, 15 Pac. 177; Quinn v. Donovan, 85 111. 195. -Full age. The age of legal majority, twenty-one years at common law, twenty-five in the civil law. More...

Ample; complete; perfect; mature; not wanting in any essential quality. Mobile School Com'rs v. Putnam, 44 Ala. 537; Reed v. Hazleton, 37 Kan. 321, 15 Pac. 177; Quinn v. Donovan, 85 111. 195. -Full age. The age of legal majority, twenty-one years at common law, twenty-five in the civil law. 1 Bl. Comm. 463: Inst. 1, 23, pr. -Full answer. In pleading. A complete and meritorious answer; one not wanting iA anv essential requisite. Bentley v. Cleaveland, 22 Ala. 817; Durham v. Moore, 48 Kan. 135, 29 Pac. 472.-Full blood. A term of relation, denoting descent from the same couple. Brothers and sisters of full blood are those who are born of the same father and mother, or, as Justinian calls them, e utroque parente conjuncti. Nov. 118, cc. 2, 3; Mackeld. Rom. Law, 145. The more usual term in modern law Is "whole blood," (q. v.)-Full copy. In equity practice. A complete and unabbreviated transcript of a bill or other pleading, with all indorsements, and including a copy of all exhibits. Finley v. Hunter. 2 Strob. Eq. (S. C.) 210, note. -Full court. In practice. A court in banc. A court duly organized with all the judges pres ent-Full covenants. See COVENANT.-Full defense. In pleading. Tbe formula of defense in a plea, stated at length and without abbreviation, thus: "And the said C. D., by E. F., his attorney, comes and defends the force (or wrong) and injury when and where it shall behoove him. and the damages, and whatsoever else he ought to defend, and says," etc. Steph. PI. p. 481.-Full faith and credit., In the constitutional provision that full faith and credit shall be given in each state to the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state, this phrase means that a judgment or record shall have the same faith, credit, conclusive effect, and obligatory force in other states as it has by law or usage in the state from whence taken. Christmas v. Russell. 5 Wall. 302, 18 L. Ed. 475; McElmoyle v. Cohen, 13 Pet. 326, 10 L. Ed. 177; Gibbons v. Livingston. 6 N. J. Law, 275; Brengle v. McClellan, 7 Gill A J. (Md.) 438-Full indorsement. See INDORSEMENT.-Full jurisdiction. Complete jurisdiction over a given subject-matter or class of actions (as, in equity) without any exceptions or reservations. Bank of Mississippi v. Duncan. 52 Miss. 740.-Fnll life. Life in fact and in law. See IN FULL LIFE.-Full proof. In the civil law. Proof by two witnesses, or a public instrument. Hallifax, Civil Law, b. 3, c. 9, nn. 25, 30 ; 3 Bl. Comm. 370. Evidence which satisfies the minds of the jury of the truth of the fact in dispute, to the entire exclusion of every reasonable doubt. Kane v. Hibernia Mut F. Ins. Co.. 38 N. J. Law. 450, 20 Am. Rep. 400.-Full right. The union of a good title with actual possession. Less...

A fleam, or stream of water. Blount.

A fleam, or stream of water. Blount. Less...

The English equivalent of the Latin phrase "plene administravit;" being a plea by an executor or administrator that he. has completely and legally disposed of all the assets of the estate, and has nothing left out of which a new claim could be satisfied. See Ryans v. Boogh-er, 169 Mo. More...

The English equivalent of the Latin phrase "plene administravit;" being a plea by an executor or administrator that he. has completely and legally disposed of all the assets of the estate, and has nothing left out of which a new claim could be satisfied. See Ryans v. Boogh-er, 169 Mo. 673, 69 S. W. 1048. Less...

In old English law. The same as fuage, or smoke farthings. 1 Bl. Comm. 324. See FUAGE.

In old English law. The same as fuage, or smoke farthings. 1 Bl. Comm. 324. See FUAGE. Less...

Office; duty; fulfillment of a definite end or set of ends by the correct adjustment of means. The occupation of an office. By the performance of its duties, the officer is said to fill his function. Dig. 32, 65, 1. See State v. Hyde, 121 Ind. 20, 22 N. E. More...

Office; duty; fulfillment of a definite end or set of ends by the correct adjustment of means. The occupation of an office. By the performance of its duties, the officer is said to fill his function. Dig. 32, 65, 1. See State v. Hyde, 121 Ind. 20, 22 N. E. 644. Less...

In medical jurisprudence. One which prevents, obstructs, or Interferes with the due performance of its special functions by any organ of the body, without anatomical defect or abnormality in the organ itself. See Hlgbee v. Guardian Mut. L Ins. Co., 66 Barb. (N. Y.) 472. Distinguished from "organic" disease, which More...

In medical jurisprudence. One which prevents, obstructs, or Interferes with the due performance of its special functions by any organ of the body, without anatomical defect or abnormality in the organ itself. See Hlgbee v. Guardian Mut. L Ins. Co., 66 Barb. (N. Y.) 472. Distinguished from "organic" disease, which is due to some injury to, or lesion or malformation in, the organ in question. Less...