Goods that are bought often that are either essential or nonessential.
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FAST TRACKING
Doing more to finish a job early. It replaces sequential relationships with parallel ones.
FAST-DAY
A day of fasting and penitence, or of mortification by religious abstinence.See 1 Chit. Archb. Pr. (12th Ed.) 100, et seq.
FASTERMANS, or FASTING-MEN
Men in repute and substance; pledges, sureties, or bondsmen, who, according to theSaxon polity, were fast bound to answer for each other’s peaceable behavior. Enc.Lond.
FASTI
In Roman law. Lawful. Dies fasti, lawful days; days on which justice couldlawfully be administered by the praetor. See DIES FASTI.Fatetur facinus qni judicium fugit. 3 Inst. 14. He who […]
FAT CAT
1. a wealthy campaign donor. 2. a rich person.
FAT CLIENT
A computer that is not dependent on the applications. It does its job without a network connection. It reduces server load. Refer to thin client .
FAT MAN STRATEGY
The way the directors of a company that prevent hostile takeover . It buys assets to make itself not attractive to buy. It also takes on debt as well.
FAT TAIL
A portion of a statistical distribution that is wider or larger than expected, increasing the probability that an extreme or unexpected value will result.
FATAL DEFECT
1. serious defect that causes death or shut down. 2. defect that makes a contract null and void .
FATAL VARIANCE
This variance will mislead a defendant in the preparing and the pursuit of his defence in a manner that will be adequate.
FATALISM
The idea that events are predetermined and nothing can be done about it. Free will is nonexistant.
FATHER
The male parent. He by whom a child is begotten. As used in law, thisterm may (according to the context and the nature of the instrument ) include a putativeas […]
FATHOM
A nautical measure of six feet iu length. Occasionally used as a superficialmeasure of land and in mining, and in that case it means a square fathom or thirty-sixsquare feet. […]
FATIGUE
1.the diminshed capacity to perform due to tiredness. It happens due to exertion and can cause illness. 2. when a material can fracture under stress. Refer to fatigue strength .
FATIGUE STRENGTH
The cycles of stress a character can take without failure. The environment can affect this. AKA fatigue limit.
FATUA MULIER
A whore. Du Fresne.
FATUITAS
In old English law . Fatuity; idiocy. Reg. Orig. 200.
FATUM
Lat. Fate; a superhuman power ; an event or cause of loss, beyond humanforesight or means of prevention.
FATUOUS PERSON
One entirely destitute of reason; is Qui omnino desipit. Ersk. Inst. 1, 7, 48.
FATUUS
An idiot or fool. Bract, fol. 4206.Foolish; absurd; indiscreet; or ill considered. Fatuum judicium, a foolish judgment orverdict Applied to the verdict of a jury which, though false, was not […]
FAUBOURG
In French law , and in Louisiana. A district or part of a town adjoiningthe principal city; a suburb. See City Council of Lafayette v. Hollaud, 18 La. 2S0.
FAUCES TERRS
(Jaws of the land.) Narrow headlands and promontories, inclosing aportion or arm of tlie sea within tliein. 1 Kent, Comm. .'{(iT, and note; Ilale, De JureMar. 10; The Harriet, 1 […]
FAULT
In the civil law . Negligence ; want of care. An improper act or omission,injurious to another, and transpiring through negligence, rashness, or ignorance.There are in law three degrees of […]
FAULT RESILIENT
When a few components are duplicated that are critical.