Blacks Law Dict. 1st ed

FACIES

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F. ¥. In old English criminal law, this let ter was branded upon felons upon their be ing admitted to clergy; as also upon those convicted of fights or frays, or of falsity. Jacob; Cowell; 2 Reeve, Eng. Law, 392; 4 Reeve, Eng. Law, 485. F. O. B. Free on board. A term fre quently inserted, in England, in contracts for the sale of goods to be conveyed by ship, meaning that the cost of shipping will be paid by the buyer. When goods are so sold in London the buyer is considered as the shipper, and the goods when shipped are at his risk. Wharton. FABRIC LANDS. In English law. Lands given towards the maintenance, re Duilding, or repairing of cathedral and other churches. Cowell; Blount. FABRICA. In old English law. The making or coining of money. FABRICARE. Lat. To make. Used in old English law of a lawful coining, and also of an unlawful making or counterfeiting of coin. See 1 Salk. 342. FABRICATE. To fabricate evidence is to arrange or manufacture circumstances or indicia, after the fact committed, with the purpose of using them as evidence, and of deceitfully making them appear as if acci dental or undesigned; to devise falsely or contrive by artifice with the intention to de ceive. Such evidence may be wholly forged and artificial, or it may consist in so warping and distorting real facts as to create an erro neous impression in the minds of those who observe them and then presenting such im pression as true and genuine. FABRICATED EVIDENCE. Evidence manufactured or arranged after the fact, and either wholly false or else warped and dis colored by artifice and contrivance with a de ceitful intent. See FABRICATE. FABRICATED FACT. In the law of evidence. A fact existing only in statement, without any foundation in truth. An actual or genuine fact to which a false appearance has been designedly given; a physical object placed in a false connection with another, or with a person on whom it is designed to cast suspicion. See FABRICATE.

FABTJLA. In old European law. A con tract or formal agreement; but particularly used in the Lombardic and Visigothic laws to denote a marriage contract or a will. FAC SIMILE. An exact copy, preserve ing all the marks of the original. FAC SIMILE PROBATE. In England, where the construction of a will may be af fected by the appearance of the original pa per, the court will order the probate to pass in fac simile, as it may possibly help to show the meaning of the testator. 1 Williams, Ex'rs, (7th Ed.) 331, 386, 566. FACE. The face of an instrument is that which is shown by the mere language em ployed, without any explanation, modifica tion, or addition from extrinsic facts or evi dence. Thus, if the express terms of the paper disclose a fatal legal defect, it is said to be M void on its face." Regarded as an evidence of debt, the face of an instrument is the principal sum which it expresses to be due or payable, without any additions in the way of interest or costs. Thus, the expression "the face of a judg ment" means the sum for which the judg ment was rendered, excluding the interest accrued thereon. 32 Iowa. 265. FA.CERE. Lat. To do; to make. Thus, facere defaltam, to make default; facere duellum, to make the duel, or make or do bat tle; facere finem, to make or pay a fine; facere legem, to make one's law; facer* sacramentum, to make oath. FACIAS. That you cause. Occurring in the phrases "scire facias," (that you cause to know,) "fieri facias," (that you cause to be made,) etc. FACIENDO. some activity. In doing or paying; in FACIES. Lat. The face or countenance; the exterior appearance or view; hence, con templation or study of a thing on its external or apparent side. Thus, prima facie means at the first inspection, on a preliminary or exterior scrutiny. When we speak of a "prima facie case," we mean one which, on its own showing, on a first examination, or without investigating any alleged defenses, is apparently good and maintainable.

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