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Distress
Shenstone v. Freeman, (1910) 2 KB 84; and for statutes and general law relating to the subject see Smith's Leading Cases, sub tit. Simpson v. Hartopp; Oldham and foster's Law of Distress; Woodfall's L. and T.; Foa,
Fundus
strengthen the syllable. Fundus is often used as applied to land, the solid substratum of all man's labour, Smith's Dict. of Antiq.Appellatione fundi omne 'dificium et omnis ager continetur (under the word fundus every building and every
Fraudulent conveyances, Statutes against
5 (A.D. 1570), made perpetual by 29 Eliz. c. 5. See Twyne's case, (1602) 3 Rep 80; 1 Smith's L.C. 1; Halifax Bank v. Gledhill, (1891) 1 Ch 31. The 27 Eliz. c. 4, s. 2, made
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Forgery, fraud
has its origin in the French word 'Forger', which signifies 'to frame or fashion a thing as the smith doth his work upon the anvil. And it is used in our law for the fraudulent making and
Fiscus
the latter periods the words were used indiscriminately, to mean the imperial, which was the only public, chest, Smith's Dict. Antiq.
Firm
on demand. See R.S.C., Order XLVIIIA. But a partnership firm is not a person in law, see Re Smith, (1914) 1 Ch 948, per Joyce, J., and the instances there given by the learned judge of the
Fees and taxes
SCR 519. The distinction between fees and taxes, although sometimes ascribed to Rau, is really much older. Adam Smith already speaks of certain expenses 'which are laid out for the benefit of the whole society'. 'It is
False imprisonment
short, see Bird v. Jones, (1845) 7 QB 742. As to the persons liable, see Walters v. W.H. Smith & Son, Ltd., (1914) 1 KB 595; Herd v. Weardale Steel Co., 1915 AC 67. The onus of
Falsa demonstratio non nocet
Falsa demonstratio non nocet.-(False description does not vitiate.) See Smith v. Ridgway, (1866) LR 1 Ex 331, Ex Ch.
Executor
must be prepared either to act wholly or not at all, for probate cannot be renounced partially (Re Smith, (1904) 1 Ch 139), except in regard to land settled otherwise than by the will of the testator
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