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Fidelity, fidelity insurance gurantee
loyalty. In insurance terminology it is understood as assurance to indemnify against loss consequent upon the dishonesty or default. Usually the assured and the person whose fidelity is assured stand to each other in relation of employer
Frauds, Statute of
his own estate; or whereby to charge the defendant upon any special promise to answer for the debt, default or miscarriages of another person, or to charge any person upon any agreement made upon considera-tion of marriage
Guaranty, or Guarantee
action shall be brought whereby to charge the defendant upon any special promise to answer for the debt, default, or miscarriages of another person, unless the agreement upon which such action shall be brought, or some memoran-dum
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Hard labour
passed does not authorize the imposition of hard labour or requires the imposi-tion of hard labour.' Imprisonment for default in payment of a fine is always without hard labour.
Institutions
book. Title I. of the third book, and those that follow, treat of Legal Successions, admissible only in default of Testamentary. Title V. treats of the Succession to Intestates, to which the cognati, or female side, were
Hire
work is finished, the thing perishes by internal defect, by inevitable accident, or by irresistible force, without any default of the workman, then (1) if the work is independent of any materials or property of the employer,
Hotchpot
settlement of personal estate in favour of children in such shares as the parents may appoint, and in default of any appointment among the children equally, almost invariably contains what is called a 'hotchpots clause,' i.e., a
Hue and Cry
the command of the sheriff, and at the cry of the country to arrest a felon,' and in default 'shall on conviction be liable to a fine.' But if a man wantonly or maliciously raise a hue
Innkeeper
than the sum of 30l., except-- 1. Where such goods have been stolen, lost, or injured through the default or neglect of the innkeeper or his servants. 2. Where such goods have been deposited expressly for safe
Inquiry, writ of
inquisition into court. The writ is necessary after an interlocutory judgment, the defendant having let judgment go by default, to ascertain the quantum of damages. By (English) R.S.C.1883, Ord. XIII., r. 5, it is provided that where
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