Blacks Law Dict. 1st ed

FRUSTRA PROBATUR, ETC.

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FUGITATE

In vain that which you might immediately be compelled to restore to another. Frustra probatur, quod profoatum non relevat. That is proved to no purpose which, when proved, does not help. Halk. Lat. Max. 50. FRUSTRUM TERR.3S. A piece or par cel of land lying by itself. Go. Litt. 56. FRUTECTUM. In old records. A place overgrown with shrubs and bushes. Spel man; Mount. PRUT OS. In Spanish law. Fruits; products; produce; grains; profits. White, New Recop. b. 1, tit. 7, c. 5, § 2 FRYMITH. In old English law. The affording harbor and entertainment to any one. PRYTHE. Sax. In old English law. A plain between woods. Co. Litt. 56. An arm of the sea, or a strait between two lands. Cowell. FUAGE, FOCAGE. Hearth money. A tax laid upon each fire-place or hearth. An imposition of a shilling for every hearth, levied -by Edward III. in the dukedom of Aquitaine. Spelman; 1 Bl. Comm. 324. FUER. In old English law. Flight. It is of two kinds: (1) Fuer in fait, or in facto, where a person does apparently and corporally flee; (2) fuer in ley, or in lege, when, being called in the county court, he does not appear, which legal interpretation makes flight. Wharton. FUERO. In Spanish law. A law; a code. A general usage or custom of a province, having the force of law. Ir contra fuero, to violate a received custom. A grant of privileges and immunities. Conceder fueros, to grant exemptions. A charter granted to a city or town. Also designated as "curias pueblas." An act of donation made to an individual, a church, or convent, on certain conditions. A declaration of a magistrate, in relation to taxation, fines, etc. A charter granted by the sovereign, or those having authority from him, establish ing the franchises of towns, cities, etc. A place where justice is administered. A peculiar forum, before which a party is amenable. The jurisdiction of a tribunal, which is entitled to take cognizance of a cause; as

fuero ecclesiastico,fuero militar. See Schm. Civil Law, Introd. 64. FUERO DE CASTILLA. In Spanish law. The body of laws and customs which formerly governed the Castilians. FUERO DE CORREOS Y CAMI NOS. In Spanish law. A special tribunal taking cognizance of all matters relating to the post-office and roads. FUERO DE GUERRA. In Spanish law. A special tribunal taking cognizance of all matters in relation to persons serving in the army. FUERO DE MARINA. In Spanish law. A special tribunal taking cognizance of all matters relating to the navy and to the persons employed therein. FUERO JUZGO. Span. The Forum Judicium; a code of laws established in the seventh century for the Visigothic kingdom in Spain. Some of its principles and rules are found surviving in the modern jurispru dence of that country. Schm. Civil Law, In trod. 28. PUERO MUNICIPAL. In Spanish law. The body of laws granted to a city or town for its government and the administra tion of justice. FUERO REAL. The title of a code of Spanish law promulgated by Alphonso the Learned, (el Sabio,) A.D. 1255. It was the precursor of the Partidas. Schm. Civil Law, Introd. 67. FUERO VIEJO. The title of a com pilation of Spanish law, published about A. D. 992. Schm. Civil Law, Introd. 65. FUGA CATALLORUM. In old En glish law. A drove of cattle. Blount. FUGACIA. A chase. Blount. PUGAM FECIT. Lat. He has made flight; he fled. A clause inserted in an inqui sition, in old English law, meaning that a per son indicted for treason or felony had fled. The effect of this is to make the party forfeit his goods absolutely, and the profits of his lands until he has been pardoned or ac quitted. FUGATOR. In old English law. A privilege to hunt. Blount. A driver. Fugatores carrucarutn, drivers of wagons. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 78. FUGITATE. In Scotch practice. To outlaw, by the sentence of a court; to out

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