KFLCC Kingdom Law 2nd Ed.

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Feeminse ab omnibus officiis civilibus vel publicis remotee sunt. Women are excluded from all civil and public charges or offices. Dig. 50, 17, 2; 1 Exch. 645; 6 Mees. & W. 216. Foeminse non sunt capaces de publicis officiis. Jenk. Cent. 237. Women are not admissible to public offices. FCENERATION. Lending money at in terest; the act of putting out money to us FCENUS. Lat. Jn the civil law. Interest on money; the lending of money on interest —Fcenus nauticum. Nautical or maritime interest. An extraordinary rate of interest agreed to be paid for the loan of money on the hazard of a voyage: sometimes called "usura maritvma." Dig. 22, 2; Code, 4, 33; 2 Bl. Comm. 458. The extraordinary rate of inter est, proportioned to the risk, demanded by a person lending money on a ship, or on "bot tomry," as it is termed. The agreement for such a rate of interest is also called "fcenua nauticum.'" (2 Bl. Comm. 458; 2 Steph. Comm. 93) Mozley & Whitley.—Fcenus unciarium. Interest of one-twelfth, that is, interest amount ing annually to one-twelfth of the principal, hence at the rate of eight and one-third per cent, per annum. This was the highest legal rate of interest in the early times of the Roman republic. See Mackeld. Rom. Law, S 382. FCESA. In old records. Grass; herbage. 2 Mon. Angl. 906&.; Cowell. FOETICIDE. In medical jurisprudence. Destruction of the foetus; the act by which criminal abortion is produced. 1 Beck, Med. Jur. 288; Guy, Med. Jur. 133. FCETUBA. In the civil law. The pro duce of animals, and the fruit of other prop erty, which are acquired to the owner of such animals and property by virtue of his right Bowyer, Mod. Civil Law, c. 14, p. 81. FCETTTS. In medical jurisprudence. An unborn child. An infant in ventre $a mere. FOG. In maritime law. Any atmospheric condition (including not only fog properly so called, but also mist or falling snow) which thickens the air, obstructs the view, and so increases the perils of navigation. Flint A P. M. R. Co. v. Marine Ins. Co. (O. C.) 71 Fed. 210; Dolner v. The Monticello, 7 Fed. Cas. 859. FOGAGIUM. In old English law. Fog gage or fog; a kind of rank grass of late growth, and not eaten in summer. Spelman; Cowell. FOI. In French feudal law. Faith; fealty. Guyot, Inst Feod. c. 2. FOINESUN. In old English law. The fawning of deer. Spelman. FOIRFAULT. in old Scotch law. To forfeit 1 How. State Tr. 927.

ground of one's neighbor. Mackeld. Rom. Law, § 317; Ersk. Inst. 2, 9, 9. Also a riv er or stream. In old English law. Flood; flood-tide. Flumina et partus publica sunt, ideoque jus piscandi omnibus commune est. Rivers and ports are public. There fore the right of fishing there is common to all. Day. Ir. K. B. 55; Branch, Princ. FLUMINiE VOLUCBES. Wild fowl; water-fowl. 11 East, 571, note. FLUVIUS. I/at. A river; a public riv er; flood; flood-tide. FLUXUS. In old English law. Flow. Per fluxum et refluxum maris, by the flow and reflow of the sea. Dal. pi. 10. FLY FOB IT. On a criminal trial in former times, it was usual after a verdict of not guilty to inquire also, "Did he fly for it?" This practice was abolished by the 7 & 8 Geo. IV., c. 28, § 5. Wharton. FLYING SWITCH. In railroading, a flying switch is made by uncoupling the cars from the engine while in motion, and throw ing the cars onto the side track, by turning the switch, after the engine has passed it upon the main track. Greenleaf v. Illinois Cent. R. Co., 29 Iowa, 39, 4 Am. Rep. 181; Baker v. Railroad Co., 122 Mo. 533, 26 S. W. 20. FLYMA. In old English law. A run away; fugitive; one escaped from justice, or who has no "hlaford." FLYMAN-FRYMTH. In old English law. The offense of harboring a fugitive, the penalty attached to which was ohe of the rights of the crown. FOCAGE. House-bote; fire-bote. Cowell. FOCALE. In old English law. Fire wood. The right of taking wood for the fire. Fire-bote. Cunningham. FODDEB. Food for horses or cattle. In feudal law, the term also denoted a preroga tive of the prince to be provided with corn, etc., for his horses by his subjects in his wars. FODEBTOBITJM. Provisions to be paid by custom to the royal purveyors. Cowell. FODEBUM. See FODDER. FODINA. A mine. Co. Litt 6a. FCEDUS. In international law. A trea ty ; a league; a compact. FCEMINA VIBO CO-OPEBTA. A mar ried woman; a feme covert.