That portion of a testator’s estate which, by the Faicidian law,was required to be left to the heir, amounting to at least one-fourth.
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FALD, or FALDA
A sheep-fold. Cowell.
FALDA
Span. In Spanish law. The slope or skirt of a hill. Fossat v. United States , 2Wall. 673, 17 L. Ed. 739.
FALDAGE
The privilege which anciently several lords reserved to themselves of settingup folds for sheep iu any fields within their manors, the better to manure them,and this not only with their […]
FALDATA
In old English law . A flockor fold of sheep. Cowell.
FALDFEY
Sax. A fee or rent paid Dy a tenant to his lord for leave to fold his sheepon his own ground. Blount
FALDISDORY
In ecclesiastical law . The bishop’s seat or throne within the chancel.
FALDSOCA
Sax. The liberty or privilege of foldage.
FALDSTOOL
A place at the south side of the altar at which the sovereign kneels athis coronation. Wharton.
FALDWORTH
In Saxon law. A person of age that he may be reckoned of some decennary. Du Fresne.
FALERSE
In old English law . The tackle and furniture of a cart or wain. Blount.
FALESIA
In old English law . A hill or down by the sea-side. Co. Litt 56,
FALK-LAND
See FOLC-LAND.
FALL
In Scotch law. To lose. To fall from a right is to lose or forfeit it 1 Kames, Eq.228.
FALL OF LAND
In English law . A quantity of land six ells square superficial measure.
FALLACY OF COMPOSITION
An assumption true for one segment and the whole economy.
FALLEN ANGEL
A bond that was investment grade but has a lower rating now.
FALLEN BUILDING CLAUSE
A rule in insurance stating a part of a building collapses due to anything not fire the fire insurance is voided.
FALLING TOP
A TECHNICAL ANALYSIS charting figure depicting a declining securities price or index value over time, with everlower resistance levels, generally considered to be a bearish signal. Also known as DESCENDING […]
FALLO
In Spanish law. The final decree or judgment given in a controversy at law.
FALLOW-LAND
Land plowed, but not sown, and left uncultivated for a time aftersuccessive crops.
FALLUM
In old English law . An unexplained term for some particular kind of land.Cowell.
FALSA DEMONSTRATIO
In the civil law . False designation ; erroneous description of a person or thing in a written instrument Inst 2, 20, 30. Falsa demonstratio non nocet, cam de corpore […]
FALSA MONETA
In the civil law . False or counterfeit money. Cod. 9, 24.Falsa orthographia non vitiat chartani,concessionein. False spelling does not vitiate a deed. Shep. Touch. 55, 87; 9 Coke,48
FALSARE
In old English law . To counterfeit . Quia falsavit sit/ilium, because he counterfeited the seal. Bract fol. 2766.