Fr. A brother. Frcre eyne, elder brother. Frcre puisne, younger brother. Rritt.c. 75.

In old records. Fresh water , or rain and land flood.

Immediate; recent; following without any material interval.

Water with an average low solids content . Measured at less than 1,000 milligrams or 1 gram of dissolved solids per liter or 1,000 grams or 1 kilogram water.

A flood, or overflowing of a river, by means of rains or melted snow; aninundation. Stover v. Insurance Co., 3 Phila. (Pa.) 42; Harris v. Social Mfg. Co., 9 It. […]

Fr. In French marine law. Freight. Ord. Mar. liv. 3, tit. 3.

Fr. In French marine law. To freight a ship; to let it. Emerig. Tr. des Ass. c. 11,

Fr. In French marine law. Freighter. The owner of a ship, who lets It tothe merchant Emerlg. Tr. des Ass. c. 11, I 3.

In old English law . The freight of a ship; freight money.Cowell.

Lat. A strait.

A term applied to material that crumbles into very small pieces very easily, with very little force, as from a finger or hand. Materials that decompose this way hold a […]

An order of religious persons, of whom there were four principal branches,viz.: (1) Minors, Grey Friars, or Franciscans ; (2) Augustines; (3) Dominicans, or BlackFriars; (4) White Friars, or Carmelites, […]

In the civil law . A temporary separation between husband and wife,caused by a quarrel or estrangement, but not amounting to a divorce, because notaccompanied with an intention to dissolve […]

Measurable time out-of-work, like a contractor who is between contracts. Also, the time for an employee laid off and seeking other work. Temporary unemployment due to time lags job hunting […]

Frankpledge. Cowell. Security for the peace. Spelman.

In old English law . A kind of frank-pledge, by which the lords orprincipal men were made responsible for their dependents or servants. Bract, l’ol. 1246.

See AMICUS CURLE.

In old English law . An outlaw; so called because he was denied all help of friends. Bract, lib. 3, tr. 2, c. 12.

An often verbal, otherwise undocumented, or un-witnessed, risky agreement between associates, friends or family members.

the merger of businesses that is not to be contested by any of the businesses involved.

Peaceful, mutual resolution to a disagreement .

In English law . Associations supported by subscription , forthe relief and maintenance of the members, or their wives, children, relatives, andnominees, in sickness, infancy, advanced age, widowhood, etc. The […]

In the United Kingdom, a mutual institution for savings and life INSURANCE that is owned and operated by its members; the organizational structure of the friendly society conveys certain tax […]

A suit brought by a creditor in chancery against an executor oradministrator, being really a suit by the executor or administrator , in the name of acreditor, against himself, in […]

Amiable takeover of a company by another. Each company’s owners agreed to the terms.