KFLCC Kingdom Law 2nd Ed.

FEMICIDE

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FEODUM SIMPLEX

•© to women deserted by their husbands, who do business as femes sole. Rhea v. Rhenner, 1 Pet 105, 7 L. Ed. 72. FEMICIDE. The killing of a woman. Wharton. FENATIO. In forest law. The fawn ing of deer; the fawning season. Spelman. FENCE, v. In old Scotch law. To de fend or protect by formalities. To "fence a court" was to open it in due form, and inter dict all manner of persons from disturbing their proceedings. This was called "fenc ing," q. d., defending or protecting the court. FENCE, n. A hedge, structure, or par tition, erected for the purpose of inclosing a piece of land, or to divide a piece of land into distinct portions, or to separate two contiguous estates. See Kimball v. Carter, 95 Va. 77, 27 S. E. 823, 38 L. R. A. 570; Estes v. Railroad Co., 63 Me. 309; Allen v. Tobias, 77 111. 171. FENCE-MONTH, or DEFENSE MONTH. In old English law. A period of time, occurring In the middle of summer, during which it was unlawful to hunt deer In the forest, that being their fawning season. Probably so called because the deer were then defended from pursuit or hunting. Manwood; Cowell. FENERATION. Usury; the gain of in terest; the practice of increasing money by lending. FENGEIiD. In Saxon law. A tax or Imposition, exacted for the repelling of en emies. FENIAN. A champion, hero, giant. This word, in the plural, is generally used to signify invaders or foreign spoilers. The modern meaning of "fenian" is a member of an organization of persons of Irish birth, resident in the United States, Canada, and elsewhere, having for its aim the overthrow of English rule in Ireland. Webster, (Supp.) FEOD. The same as feud or fief. FEODAI<. Belonging to a fee or feud; feudal. More commonly used by the old writers than feudal. TEM. FEODALITT. Fidelity or fealty. Cow ell. See FEALTT. FEODARUM CONSUETUDINES. The customs of feuds. The name of a compilation of feudal laws and customs made at Milan In the twelfth century. It is the most ancient work on the subject, and was always regard FEODAL SYSTEM. See FEUDAL SYS

ed, on the continent of Europe, as possess ing the highest authority. FEODARY. An officer of the court of wards, appointed by the master of that court, under 32 Hen. VIII. c. 26, whose business it was to be present with the escheator in every county at the finding of offices of lands, and to give evidence for the king, as well con cerning the value as the tenure; and hia office was also to survey the land of the ward, after the office found, and to rate it. He also assigned the king's widows their dower; and received all the rents, etc Abol ished by 12 Car. II. c. 24. Wharton. In feudal law. The grantee of a feod, feud, or fee; the vassal or tenant who held his estate by feudal service. Termes de la Ley. Blackstone uses "feuda tory." 2 Bl. Comm. 46. Fee-farm, (q. v.) FEODI FIRMARIUS. The lessee of a fee-farm. FEODUM. This word (meaning a feud or fee) Is the one most commonly used by the older English law-writers, though its equiva lent, "feudum," is used- generally by the more modern writers and by the feudal law writers. Litt. § 1; Spelman. There were various classes of feoda, among which may be enumerated the following: Feodum lai cum, a lay fee. Feodum militare, a knight's fee. Feodum improprium, an improper or derivative fee. Feodum proprium, a proper and original fee, regulated by the strict rules of feudal succession and tenure. Feodum simplex, a simple or pure fee; fee-simple. Feodum talliatum, a fee-tail. See 2 Bl. Comm. 58, 62; Litt. §§ 1, 13; Bract fol. 175; Glan. 13, 23. In old English law. A seigniory or ju risdiction. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 63, § 4. A fee; a perquisite or compensation for a service. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 7. —Feodum antiquum. A feud which devolv ed upon a vassal from his intestate ancestor. —Feodum nobile. A fief for which the tenant did guard and owed homage. Spelman.— Feo dum novum. A feud acquired by a vassal himself. Feodum est quod quis tenet ex qua cunque causa sive sit tenementum sive reditus. Co. Litt 1. A fee is that which any one holds from whatever cause, whether tenement or rent. Feodum simplex quia feodum idem est quod lisereditas, et simplex idem est quod legitimnm vel purum; et sic feodum sim plex idem est quod lisereditas legitima vel hsereditas pura. Litt § 1. A fee-simple, so called because fee is the same as Inherit ance, and simple is the same as lawful or FEODATORY. FEODI FIRMA. In old English law.