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full in his quotations, the statutes are generally given at length, and whole pages are frequently transcribed from Bracton. This is in general done with success and propriety, though sometimes his author has failed him; as, among

Britton

been composed under the direction of Edward I., by others considered as nothing more than an abridgement of Bracton, with the subsequent alterations that had been made in the law; and to be called Britton, as one

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Fleta

stood at the time this author wrote, which serves as an appendix, and often as a commentary, to Bracton. The author was wholly an imitator. The book was written after the thirteenth year of Edward I., and

Thornton (C.J.)

Thornton (C.J.), author of a summa or abridgment of Bracton, containing most of the titles of the law in a concise form. Though a professed epitomiser, he omits

Quash

Quash [cassum facere, Lat.; casser, Fr.], to overthrow or annul-Bracton; as to quash an indictment, or order of justices, or a poor-rate. See CERTIORARI.

Friendless man

Friendless man, an outlaw, because he was denied all help of friends, Bracton, lib. 3, tr.2, c. 12.

Frenchman

Frenchman. In early times this term was applied to every stranger or outlandish man, Bracton, lib. 3, tr. 2, c. 15. See FRANCIGEN'. A stranger; a foreigner, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p.

Folgarii

Folgarii, menial servants, followers, Bracton.

Countey-Cuntey

Countey-Cuntey, a kind of trial, as appears from Bracton, lib. 4, tract 3, c. 18, and tract 4, c. 2, where it seems to mean one by

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