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Female
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FemaleThis term denotes the sex which bears young.
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Term
1) Construction. Word; expression speech. 2) Contracts. This word is used in the civil, law to denote the space of time granted to the debtor for discharging his obligation; there are express terms resulting from the positive stipulations of the agreement; as, where one undertakes to pay a certain sum on a certain day and also terms which tacitly result from the nature of the things which are the object of the engagement, or from the place where the act is agreed to be done. For instance, if a builder engage to construct a house for me, I must allow a reasonable time for fulfilling his engagement. 3) Estates. The limitation of an estate, as a term for years, for life, and the like. The word term does not merely signify the time specified in the lease, but the estate also and interest that passes by that lease; and therefore the term may expire during the continuance of the time, as by surrender, forfeiture and the like. 4) Practice. The space of time during which a court holds a session; sometimes the term is a monthly, at others it is a quarterly period, according to the constitution of the court.
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Female; feme; femme
French. A woman; a wife. Feme is the older form: Latin femella, femina, a young woman. Plural, femes, femmes.
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Fee-simple
An absolute inheritance, clear of any condition, limitation or restriction to particular heirs, but descendible to the heirs general, whether male or female, lineal or collateral.
Feigned action
Practice. An action brought on a pretended right, when the plaintiff has no true cause of action, for some illegal purpose. In a feigned action the words of the writ are true; it differs from false action, in which case the words of the writ are false.
Feigned issue, pract
Issue. Practice. An issue brought by consent of the parties, or the direction of a court of equity, or such courts as possess equitable powers, to determine before a jury some disputed matter of fact, which the court has not the power or is unwilling to decide.
Felo de se
Criminal law. A felon of himself; a self-murderer.
Feloniously
Pleadings. This is a technical word which must be introduced into every indictment for a felony, charging the offence to have been committed feloniously; no other word, nor any circumlocution, will supply its place.
Female
Female; feme; femme
French. A woman; a wife. Feme is the older form: Latin femella, femina, a young woman. Plural, femes, femmes.
Feme
or more properly Femme, Woman.
Feme covert
A married woman: under the wing, protection or cover of her husband.
Feme covert or feme-covert
A married woman. By marriage, husband and wife are one person in law. Under his protection and "cover", she does everything; and is therefore called in law a feme covert (french); while her condition is called "coverture". 1 Bl. Com. 442; 2 id. 292, 433, 497; 32 Barb. 258; 63 Ill. 162; 21 How. 589.
Feme sole or feme-sole
A single woman; one who has never been married, who has been judicially separated from her husband, or whose mariage has been disolved by divorce from, or by the death of, the husband. A married woman who, in matters of property, is independent of her husband, is a feme sole as to such property, and may deal with it as if she were unmarried.
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Term
1) Construction. Word; expression speech. 2) Contracts. This word is used in the civil, law to denote the space of time granted to the debtor for discharging his obligation; there are express terms resulting from the positive stipulations of the agreement; as, where one undertakes to pay a certain sum on a certain day and also terms which tacitly result from the nature of the things which are the object of the engagement, or from the place where the act is agreed to be done. For instance, if a builder engage to construct a house for me, I must allow a reasonable time for fulfilling his engagement. 3) Estates. The limitation of an estate, as a term for years, for life, and the like. The word term does not merely signify the time specified in the lease, but the estate also and interest that passes by that lease; and therefore the term may expire during the continuance of the time, as by surrender, forfeiture and the like. 4) Practice. The space of time during which a court holds a session; sometimes the term is a monthly, at others it is a quarterly period, according to the constitution of the court.
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Female; feme; femme
French. A woman; a wife. Feme is the older form: Latin femella, femina, a young woman. Plural, femes, femmes.
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Fee-simple
An absolute inheritance, clear of any condition, limitation or restriction to particular heirs, but descendible to the heirs general, whether male or female, lineal or collateral.
Feigned action
Practice. An action brought on a pretended right, when the plaintiff has no true cause of action, for some illegal purpose. In a feigned action the words of the writ are true; it differs from false action, in which case the words of the writ are false.
Feigned issue, pract
Issue. Practice. An issue brought by consent of the parties, or the direction of a court of equity, or such courts as possess equitable powers, to determine before a jury some disputed matter of fact, which the court has not the power or is unwilling to decide.
Felo de se
Criminal law. A felon of himself; a self-murderer.
Feloniously
Pleadings. This is a technical word which must be introduced into every indictment for a felony, charging the offence to have been committed feloniously; no other word, nor any circumlocution, will supply its place.
Female
Female; feme; femme
French. A woman; a wife. Feme is the older form: Latin femella, femina, a young woman. Plural, femes, femmes.
Feme
or more properly Femme, Woman.
Feme covert
A married woman: under the wing, protection or cover of her husband.
Feme covert or feme-covert
A married woman. By marriage, husband and wife are one person in law. Under his protection and "cover", she does everything; and is therefore called in law a feme covert (french); while her condition is called "coverture". 1 Bl. Com. 442; 2 id. 292, 433, 497; 32 Barb. 258; 63 Ill. 162; 21 How. 589.
Feme sole or feme-sole
A single woman; one who has never been married, who has been judicially separated from her husband, or whose mariage has been disolved by divorce from, or by the death of, the husband. A married woman who, in matters of property, is independent of her husband, is a feme sole as to such property, and may deal with it as if she were unmarried.
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