KFLCC Kingdom Law 2nd Ed.

FARM

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FATUUS PILESUMITUR

certain rent In farm; »*. e., in agricultural produce.—Farm out., To let for a term at a stated rental. Among the Romans the collec tion of revenue was farmed out, and in Eng land taxes and tolls sometimes are. FARMER. 1. The lessee of a farm. It Is said that every lessee for life or years, al though It be but of a small house and land, is called "farmer." This word implies no mystery, except it be that of husbandman, Cunningham; Cowell. 2. A husbandman or agriculturist; one' who cultivates a farm, whether the land be his own or another's. 3. .One who assumes the collection of the public revenues, taxes, excise, etc., for a certain commission or percentage; as a farm er of the revenues. FARO. An unlawful game of cards, In which all the other players play against the banker or dealer, staking their money upon the order in which the cards will lie and be dealt from the pack. Webster; Ward v. State, 22 Ala. 19; U. S. v. Smith, 27 Fed. Gas. 1149; Patterson r. State, 12 Tex. App. 224. FARRAGO LIBELLI. Lat. An Ill-com posed book containing a collection of miscel laneous subjects not properly associated nor scientifically arranged. Wharton. FARTHING. The fourth part of an Eng lish penny. —Farthing of sold* An ancient English coin, containing in value the fourth part of a noble. FARYNDON INN. The ancient appel lation of Serjeants' Inn, Chancery lane. FAS. Lat. Right; justice; the divine law. 3 Bl. Comm. 2; Calvin. FASITJS. In old English law. A faggot of wood. FAST. In Georgia, a "fast" bill of excep tions is one which may be taken in injunc tion suits and similar cases, at such time and in such manner as to bring the case up for review with great expedition. It must be certified within twenty days from the render ing of the decision. Sewell v. Edmonston, 66 Ga. 353. FAST-DAY. A day of fasting and pen itence, or of mortification by religious absti nence. See 1 Chit Archb. Pr. <12th Ed.) 160, et seq. FAST ESTATE. See ESTATE. FASTERMANS, or FASTING-MEN. Men in repute and substance; pledges, sure ties, or bondsmen, who, according to the Saxon polity, were fast bound to answer for each other's peaceable behavior. Enc Lond.

FASTI. In Roman law. Lawful Diet fasti, lawful days; days on which justice could lawfully be administered by the praetor. See DIES FASTI. Fatetur facinus qui judicium fugit. 8 Inst. 14. He who flees judgment confesses his guilt. FATHER. The male parent He by whom a child is begotten. As used in law, this term may (according to the context and the nature of the Instrument) include a pu tative as well as a legal father, also a step father, an adoptive father, or a grandfather, but is not as wide as the word "parent," and cannot be so construed as to include a female. Llnd v. Burke, 56 Neb. 785, 77 N. W. 444; Crook v. Webb, 125 Ala. 457, 28 South. 384; Cotheal v. Cotheal, 40 N. Y. 410; Lantznes ter v. State, 19 Tex. App. 321; Thornburg v. American Strawboard Co., 141 Ind. 443, 40 N. E. 1062, 50 Am. St Rep. 334. —Father-in-law. The father of one's wife or husband.—rPutative father. The alleged or reputed father of an illegitimate child. State v. Nestaval, 72 Minn. 415, 75 N. W. 725. FATHOM. A nautical measure of six - feet in length. Occasionally used as a super ficial measure of land and. in mining, and in that case it means a square fathom or thirty-six square feet Nahaolelua v. Kaaa hu, 9 Hawaii, 601. FATUA MDXIER. A whore. Du Fresne. FATUITAS. In old English law. Fa tuity; Idiocy. Reg. Orig. 266. FATUM. Lat. Fate; a superhuman pow er ; an event or cause of loss, beyond human foresight or means of prevention. FATUOUS PERSON. One entirely des titute of reason; •* qui omnino desipit. Ersk. Inst 1, 7, 48. FATUUS. An idiot or fool. Bract foL 4200. Foolish; absurd; indiscreet; or ill consid ered. Fatuum judicium, a foolish judgment or verdict. Applied to the verdict of a jury which, though false, was not criminally so, or did not amount to perjury. Bract fol. 289. Fatuus, apud jurisconsultos nostros, aocipitur pro non compos mentis; et fatuus dioitur, qui omnino desipit. 4 Coke, 128. Fatuous, among our juriscon sults, is understood for a man Hot of right mind; and he is called "fatuus" who is al together foolish. Fatuus prcesumitur qui in proprio nomine errat. A man is presumed to be simple who makes a mistake in his own name. Code, 6, 24, 14; Van Alst v. Hunter, 6 Johns. Ch. (N. Y.) 148, 161.