KFLCC Kingdom Law 2nd Ed.

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FOOT OF THE FINE

FOIRTHOCHT

FOIRTHOCHT. In old Scotch law. Forethought; premeditated. 1 Pita Crim. Tr. pt. 1, p. 90. FOITERERS. Vagabonds. Blount. FOLC-GEMOTE. In Saxon law. A gen eral assembly of the people in a town or shire. It appears to have had judicial func tions of a limited nature, and also to have discharged political offices, such as deliberat ing upon the affairs of the commonwealth or complaining of misgovernment, and probably possessed considerable powers of local self government. The name was also given to any sort of a popular assembly. See Spel man; Manwood; Cunningham. FOLC-IiAND. In Saxon law. Land of the folk or people. Land belonging to the people or the public. Folc-land was the property of the community. It might be occupied in common, or possessed in severalty; an.fi, in the latter case, it was probably parceled out to individuals in the folc-gemote or court of the district, and the grant sanctioned by the freemen who were there present. But, while it continued to be folc land, it could not be alienated in perpetuity; and therefore, on the expiration of the term for which it had been granted, it reverted to the community, and was again distributed by the same authority. It was subject to many burdens and exactions from which boc-land was exempt. Wharton. FOLC-MOTE. A general assembly of the people, under the Saxons. See FOLC-GEMOTE. FOLC-RIGHT. The common right of all the people. 1 Bl. Comm. 65, 67. The jus commune, or common law, men tioned in the laws of King Edward the El der, declaring the same equal right, law, or justice to be due to persons of all degrees. Wharton. FOLD-COURSE. In English law. Land to which the sole right of folding the cattle of others is appurtenant. Sometimes it means merely such right of folding. The right of folding on another's land, which is called "common foldage." Co. Litt. 6a, note 1. FOLDAGE. A privilege possessed in some places by the lord of a manor, which con sists in the right of haying his tenant's sheep to feed on his fields, so as to manure the land. The name of foldage is also given in parts of Norfolk to the customary fee paid to the lord for exemption at certain times from this duty. Elton, Com. 45, 46. FOLGARII. Menial servants; followers. Bract. FOLGERE. In pld English law. A free man, who has no house or dwelling of his own, but is the follower or retainer of an other, (heorthfoest,) for whom he performs certain predial services.

FOLIO. 1. A leaf. In the ancient law books it was the custom to number the leaves, instead of the pages; hence a folio would in clude both sides of the leaf, or two pages. The references to these books are made by the number of the folio, the letters "a" and M V being added to show which of the two pages is intended; thus "Bracton, fol. 100a." 2. A large size of book, the page being ob tained by folding the sheet of paper once only in the binding. Many of the ancient law books are folios. 3. In computing the length of written legal documents, the term "folio" denotes a certain number of words, fixed by statute in some states at one hundred. The term "folio," when used as a measure for computing fees or compensation, or in any legal proceedings, means one hundred words, counting every figure necessarily used as a word; and any portion of a folio, when in the whole draft or figure there is not a com plete folio, and when there is any excess over the last folio, shall be computed as a folio. Gen. St. Minn. 1878, c. 4, § 1, par. 4. FOLK-LAX D; FOLK-MOTE. See FOLC-LAND; FOLC-GEMOTE. FOLLOW. To conform to, comply with, or be fixed or determined by; as in the ex pressions "costs follow the event of the suit," "the situs of personal property follows that of the owner," "the offspring follows the mother," (partus sequitur ventrem). FONDS ET BIENS. Fr. In French law. Goods and effects. Adams v. Akerlund, 168 111. 632, 48 N. E. 454. FONDS PERDUS. In French law. A capital is said to be invested a fonds perdu* when it is stipulated that in consideration of the payment of an amount as interest, higher than the normal rate, the lender shall be re paid his capital in this manner. The borrow er, after having paid the interest during the period determined, is free as regards the cap ital itself. Arg. Fr. Merc. Law, 560. FONSADERA. In Spanish law. Any tribute or loan granted to the king for the purpose of enabling him to defray the ex penses of a war. FONTANA. A fountain or spring. Bract, fol. 233. FOOT. 1. A measure of length 'contain ing twelve inches or one-third of a yard. 2. The base, bottom, or foundation of any thing; and, by metonomy, the end or termi nation; as the foot of a fine. FOOT OF THE FINE. The fifth part of the conclusion of a fine. It includes the whole matter, reciting the names of the par ties, day, year, and place, and before whom it was acknowledged or levied. 2 BL Comm. 35L