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Entering short

amount of the bills as cash, charging interest on any advances they may make on their account, and allow him at once to draw upon them to that amount. If the banker becomes bankrupt, the property in

F.O.W

used in a charter-party mean 'first open water,' that is, immediately after the ice breaks up sufficiently to allow of safe navigation.

Fines in copyholds

of the land, deducting quit rents, but not land-tax, is now the full extent which the Courts will allow the lord to take in the exercise of this arbitrary power, except on voluntary grants, for then it

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Forfeiture

a condition for forfeiture upon bankruptcy, or in the case of a mining lease, to a covenant to allow the lessor to inspect books. The benefit of the Act was extended to under-lessees by (English) the Conveyancing

Fortia

Fortia, power dominion, or jurisdiction, Leg. Hen. 1, c. 29. Force used by an accessory to allow the principal to commit crime, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 664.

Friendly suit

doubtful question in which they are interested. A consult in which all the parties have agreed beforehand to allow a court to resolve the issues. Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 677.

Wilfully

2 SCC 819. (Penal Code, 1860, s. 477A) Pre-supposes a conscious action, while even by negligence one can allow another to do a thing, Om Prakash Gupta v. State of Uttar Pradesh, AIR 1957 SC 458 (464).

Cross-examination

party who has called him put no question at all to him. Some times questions in cross-examination are allowed by the judge after re-examination. See RE-EXAMINATION. And if a witness be called to prove some preliminary and

Heriot

and s. 6 of the (English) Copyhold Act, 1894, enacts that values on a compulsory enfranchisement shall make allow-ance for heriots amongst other things; while s. 2 of the same Act, re-enacting s. 7 of the Copyhold

Backwardation

Backwardation, A fee paid by the seller of securities so that the buyer will allow delivery after their original delivery date; Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 134. See CARRY OVER.

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