Legal Term Dictionary

Lat. In the civil law. A false or forged thing; a fraudulent simulation; a fraudulent counterfeit or imitation, such as a forged signature or instrument. Also falsification, which may be either by falsehood, concealment of the truth, or fraudulent alteration, as by cutting out or erasing part of a writing.

Lat. In the civil law. A false or forged thing; a fraudulent simulation; a fraudulent counterfeit or imitation, such as a forged signature or instrument. Also falsification, which may be either by falsehood, concealment of the truth, or fraudulent alteration, as by cutting out or erasing part of a writing. Less...

Lat. False; fraudulent; erroneous. Deceitful; mistaken. Falsus in uno, falsus in omnibns. False in one thing, false in everything. Where a party is clearly shown to have embezzled one article of property, it is a ground of presumption that he may have embezzled others also. The Boston, 1 Sumn. 328, More...

Lat. False; fraudulent; erroneous. Deceitful; mistaken. Falsus in uno, falsus in omnibns. False in one thing, false in everything. Where a party is clearly shown to have embezzled one article of property, it is a ground of presumption that he may have embezzled others also. The Boston, 1 Sumn. 328, 850, Fed. Cas. No. 1,673; The Santissima Trinidad, 7 Wheat. 339, 5 L. Ed. 454. This maxim is particularly applied to the testimony of a witness, who, if he is shown to have sworn falsely in one detail, may be considered unworthy of belief as to all the rest of his evidence. Grimes v. State, 63 Ala. 168; Wilson v. Coulter, 29 App. Div. 85, 51 N. Y. Supp. 804; White v. Disher, 67 Cal. 402, 7 Pac. 826. Less...

Lat Fame; character; reputation; report of common opinion. Fama, fides et oculus non patinutnr ludum. 3 Bulst 226. Fame, faith, and eyesight do not suffer a cheat. Fama quse suspicionem inducit, oriri debet apnd bonos et graves, non qnidom malevolos et maledioos, sod providas et fide dignas personas, non semel More...

Lat Fame; character; reputation; report of common opinion. Fama, fides et oculus non patinutnr ludum. 3 Bulst 226. Fame, faith, and eyesight do not suffer a cheat. Fama quse suspicionem inducit, oriri debet apnd bonos et graves, non qnidom malevolos et maledioos, sod providas et fide dignas personas, non semel sed sepius, quia clamor minuit et defamatio manifestat. 2 Inst. 52. Report, which induces suspicion, ought to arise from good and grave men; not, indeed, from malevolent and malicious men, but from cautious and credible persons; not only once, but frequently; for clamor diminishes, and defamation manifests. Less...

A killer of reputation; a slanderer.

A killer of reputation; a slanderer. Less...

In Roman law. A household; a family. On the composition of the Roman family, see AGNATI; COGNATI; and see Mackeld. Rom. Law, s 144. Family right; the right or status of being the head of a family, or of exercising the patria potestas over others. This could belong only to More...

In Roman law. A household; a family. On the composition of the Roman family, see AGNATI; COGNATI; and see Mackeld. Rom. Law, s 144. Family right; the right or status of being the head of a family, or of exercising the patria potestas over others. This could belong only to a Roman citizen who was a "man in his own right," (homo sui juris.) Mackeld. Rom. Law, s| 133. 144, In old English law. A household; the body of household servants; a quantity of land, otherwise called "mansa," sufficient to maintain one family. In Spanish law. A family, which might consist of domestics or servants. It seems that a single person owning negroes was the "head of a family," within the meaning of the colonization laws of Coahulla and Texas. State r. Sullivan, 9 Tex. 156. Less...

In Roman law. An intermediate person who purchased the aggregate inheritance when sold per aes et libram, in the process of making a will under the Twelve Tables. This purchaser was merely a man of straw, transmitting the inheritance to the haeres proper. Brown.

In Roman law. An intermediate person who purchased the aggregate inheritance when sold per aes et libram, in the process of making a will under the Twelve Tables. This purchaser was merely a man of straw, transmitting the inheritance to the haeres proper. Brown. Less...

In Roman; law. An action for the partition of the aggregate succession of a familia, where that devolved upon co-haeredes. It was also applicable to enforce a contribution towards the necessary expenses incurred on the familia. See Mackeld. Rom. Law, s 499.

In Roman; law. An action for the partition of the aggregate succession of a familia, where that devolved upon co-haeredes. It was also applicable to enforce a contribution towards the necessary expenses incurred on the familia. See Mackeld. Rom. Law, s 499. Less...

Persons of the king's household. The ancient title of the "six clerks" of chancery in England. Crabb, Com. Law, 184; 2 Reeve, Eng. Law, 249; 251.

Persons of the king's household. The ancient title of the "six clerks" of chancery in England. Crabb, Com. Law, 184; 2 Reeve, Eng. Law, 249; 251. Less...

A collective body of persons who live in one house and under one head or management. Jarboe v. Jarboe, 106 Mo. App. 459, 79 S. W. 1162; Dodge v. Boston & P. R. Corp., 154 Mass. 299, 28 N. E. 243, 13 L. R. A. 818; Tyson v. Reynolds, 52 More...

A collective body of persons who live in one house and under one head or management. Jarboe v. Jarboe, 106 Mo. App. 459, 79 S. W. 1162; Dodge v. Boston & P. R. Corp., 154 Mass. 299, 28 N. E. 243, 13 L. R. A. 818; Tyson v. Reynolds, 52 Iowa, 431, 3 N. W. 469. A family comprises a father, mother, and children. In a wider sense, it may include domestic servants; all who live in one house under one head. In a still broader sense, a group of blood-relatives; all the relations who descend from a common ancestor, or who spring from a common root. See Civil Code La. art. 3522, no. 16; 9 Ves. 323. A husband and wife living together may constitute a "family," within the meaning of that word as used in a homestead law. Miller v. Finegan, 26 Fla. 29, 7 South. 140, 6 L. R. A. 813. "Family," in its origin, meant "servants;" but, in its more modern and comprehensive meaning, it signifies a collective body of persons living together in one house, or within the curtilage, in legal phrase. Wilson v. Cochran, 31 Tex. 677, 98 Am, Dec. 653. "Family" may mean children, wife and children, blood-relatives, or the members of the domestic circle, according to the connection in which the word is used. Spencer v. Spencer, 11 Paige (N. Y.) 159. "Family," in popular acceptation, includes parents, children, and servants, all whose domicile or home is ordinarily in the same house and under the same management and head. In a statute providing that to gain a settlement in a town one must have "supported himself and his family therein" for six years, it includes the individuals whom it was the right of the head to control, and his duty to support. The wife is a member of the family, within such an enactment. Cheshire v. Burlington, 31 Conn. 326. -Family arrangement. A term denoting an agreement between a father and his children, or between the heirs of a deceased father, to dispose of property, or to partition it in a different manner than that which would result if the law alone directed it, or to divide up property without administration. In these cases, frequently, the mere relation of the parties will give effect to bargains otherwise without adequate consideration. 1 Chit Pr. 67; 1 Turn. & R. 13 -Family Bible. A Bible containing a record of the births, marriages, and deaths of the members of a family.-Family meeting. An institution of the laws of Louisiana, being a council of the relatives (or, if there are no relatives, of the friends) of a minor, for the purpose of advising as to his affairs and the administration of his property. The family meeting is called by order of a judge, and presided over by a justice or notary, and must consist of at least five persons, who are put under oath. In re Bothick, 44 La, Ann. 1037, 11 South. 712; Civ. Code La. art. 305. It corresponds to the "conseil de famine" of French law, q. v.-Family settlement. A term of practically the same signification as "family arrangement," q. v. supra. See Willey v. Hodge, 104 Wis. 81, 80 N. W. 75, 76 Am, St Rep. 852. Less...

In the civil and old English law. Relating to or affecting character or reputation; defamatory; slanderous. -Famosus libellus. A libelous writing. A term of the civil law denoting that species of injuria which corresponds nearly to libel or slander.

In the civil and old English law. Relating to or affecting character or reputation; defamatory; slanderous. -Famosus libellus. A libelous writing. A term of the civil law denoting that species of injuria which corresponds nearly to libel or slander. Less...