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Forfeiture of marriage






Forfeiture of marriage

Old law. The name of a penalty formerly incurred by a ward in chivalry, when he or she married contrary to the wishes of his or her guardian in chivalry. The latter, who was the ward's lord, had an interest in controlling the marriage of his female wards, and he could exact a price for his consent and, at length, it became customary to sell the marriage of wards of both sexes.

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Law
A rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society. The learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system.

Name
One or more words used to distinguish a particular individual, as Socrates, Benjamin Franklin.

Penalty
Contracts. A clause in an agreement, by which the obligor agrees to pay a certain-sum of money, if he shall fail to fulfil the contract contained in another clause of the same agreement.

Ward
1) Ward in chancery.An infant who is under the superintendence of the chancellor 2) A district. Most cities are divided for various purposes into districts, each of which is called a ward 3) Domestic relations. An infant placed by authority of law under the care of a guardian.4) Police. To watch in the day time, for the purpose of preventing violations of the law

Chivalry
Ancient English law. This word is derived from the French chevelier, a horseman. It is. the name of a tenure of land by knight's service.

When
1) At which time, in wills, standing by itself unqualified and unexplained, this is a word of condition denoting the time at which the gift is to continence. 2) The context of a will may show that the word when is to be applied to the possession only, not to the vesting of a legacy; but to justify this construction, there must be circumstances, or other expressions in the will, showing such to have been the testator's intent.

Guardian
An individual who, by legal appointment or by the effect of a written law, is given custodyof both the property and the person of one who is unable to manage their own affairs, such as a child or mentally-disabled person.

Lord
In England, this is a title of honor. In the U. S. no such titles are allowed

Interest
1) Estates. The right which a man has in a chattel real, and more particularly in a future term. It is a word of less efficacy and extent than estates, though, in legal understanding, an interest extends to estates, rights and titles which a man has in or out of lands, so that by a grant of his whole interest in land, a reversion as well as the fee simple shall pass. 2) Contracts. The right of property which a man has in a thing, commonly called insurable interest. 3) Evidence. The benefit which a person has in the matter about to be decided and which is in issue between the parties.

Marriage
A contract made in due form of law, by which a free man and a free woman reciprocally engage to live with each other during their joint lives, in the union which ought io exist between husband and wife. By the terms freeman and freewoman in this definition are meant, not only that they are free and not slaves, but also that they are clear of all bars to a lawful marriage.

Female
This term denotes the sex which bears young.

Price
contracts. The consideration in money given for the purchase of a thing.

Consent
Agreement; voluntary acceptance of the wish of another.



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Forfeiture
A cancellation. A legal action whereby a contract purchaser following default loses all his interest in the property.



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Forensic auditing
Examination of a business process for evidence of Fraud.

Forensics
A general term sometimes used by a therapist hired to evaluate a family. the therapists will state in court which parent they feel should have custody of the child. this is know as a custody evaluation.

Forest
1) By the English law, a forest is a circuit of ground properly under the king's protection, for the peaceable living and abiding of beasts of hunting and the chase, and distinguished not only by having bounds and privileges, but also by having courts and offices. 2) The signification of forest in the United States is the popular one of an extensive piece of woodland.

Forestalling
Criminal law. Every practice or device, by act, conspiracy, words, or news, to enhance the price of victuals or other provisions.

Forfeiture
A cancellation. A legal action whereby a contract purchaser following default loses all his interest in the property.

Forfeiture of marriage

Forgery
Criminal law. Forgery at common law has been held to be "the fraudulent making and alteration of a writing to the prejudice of another man's right." By a more modern writer, it is defined, as " a false making; a making malo animo, of any written instrument, for the purpose of fraud and deceit."

Forisfamiliation
Law of Scotland. By this is understood the act by which a father gives to a child his share of his legitime, and the latter renounces all further claim. From this time, the child who has so received his share, is no longer accounted 4 child in the division of the estate.

Forma pauperis
English law. When a person is so poor that he cannot bear the charges of suing at law or in equity, upon making oath that he is not worth five pounds, and bringing a certificate from a counselor at law, that he believes him to have a just cause, he is permitted to sue informa pauperis, in the manner of a pauper; that is, he is allowed to have original writs and subpoenas gratis, and counsel assigned him without fee.

Formalities of the forum court
Formalities of the forum court include the method whereby an action is drawn up and served; when, where, and how the court sits; whether a civil jury trial may be held; who questions witnesses; whether the forum court may permit such processes as an attachment or saisie conservatoire, a writ in rem, or a Mareva injunction; when the giving of security is ordered and how judgments are executed, etc. Formalities of the forum court follow the lex fori and are unconnected to any right or accessory right.

Formality
The conditions which must be observed in making contracts, and the words which the law gives to be used in order to render them valid; it also signifies the conditions which the law requires to make regular proceedings.

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