Posts by admin

fruit-of-the-poisonous-tree doctrine.Criminal procedure. The rule that evidence derived from an illegal search, arrest, or interrogation is inadmissible because the evidence (the “fruit”) was tainted by the illegality (the “poisonous tree”). • Under this doctrine, for example, a murder weapon is inadmissible if the map showing its location and used to find it was seized during…

fruit-and-the-tree doctrine.Tax. The rule that an individual who earns income cannot assign that income to another person to avoid taxation.[Blacks Law 8th]

fruit. 1. The produce or product of something (as of land or property).2.Civil law. Income or goods derived or produced from property without a diminution of the property’s inherent value. civil fruit.Civil law. Revenue derived from a thing by operation of law or by reason of a juridical act, such as lease or interest payments,…

frugi aut bonae famae (froo-jI awt boh-nee fay-mee). [Latin] Hist. Frugal or of good reputation.[Blacks Law 8th]

fruges (froo-jeez). [Latin “fruits” or “crops”] Roman & civil law. Edible produce or crops; esculents.[Blacks Law 8th]

fructuum perceptio (fr<<schwa>>k-choo-<<schwa>>m p<<schwa>>r-sep-shee-oh). [Latin] Roman & civil law. The rightful taking of the produce of property by a person who does not own the property[Blacks Law 8th]

fructus stantes (fr<<schwa>>k-t<<schwa>>s stan-teez). [Latin “standing fruits”] Fruits that have not yet been severed from the stalk or stem.[Blacks Law 8th]

fructus separati (fr<<schwa>>k-t<<schwa>>s sep-<<schwa>>-ray-tI). [Latin “separated fruits”] Roman & civil law. The produce of a thing after being separated from it, and so becoming in law “fruits.”[Blacks Law 8th]

fructus rei alienae (fr<<schwa>>k-t<<schwa>>s ree-I ay-lee-ee-nee or al-ee-). [Latin “fruits of another’s property”] The fruits of another’s property; fruits taken from another’s estate.[Blacks Law 8th]

fructus percepti (fr<<schwa>>k-t<<schwa>>s p<<schwa>>r-sep-tI). [Latin “gathered fruits”] Roman & civil law. Fruits that have been gathered.[Blacks Law 8th]