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food-disparagement law.See AGRICULTURAL-DISPARAGEMENT LAW.[Blacks Law 8th]

Food and Drug Administration.A division of the U.S. Public Health Service in the Department of Health and Human Services responsible for ensuring that food is safe, pure, and wholesome; that human and animal drugs, biological products, and medical devices are safe and effective; and that certain other products, such as electronic products that emit radiation,…

fons juris. See SOURCE OF LAW.[Blacks Law 8th]

follow-the-settlements doctrine.Insurance. The principle that an indemnitor must accede to the actions of the indemnitee in adjusting and settling claims; esp., the principle that a reinsurer must follow the actions of the reinsured. [Cases: Insurance 3615.][Blacks Law 8th]

follow-the-fortunes doctrine.Insurance. The principle that a reinsurer must reimburse the reinsured for its payment of settled claims as long as the reinsured’s payments were reasonable and in good faith. • This rule prevents a reinsurer from second-guessing a reinsured’s good-faith decision to pay a claim arguably not covered under the original insurance policy. — Often…

following-form policy.See INSURANCE POLICY.[Blacks Law 8th]

follow,vb. To conform to or comply with; to accept as authority <the lawyer assumed that the Supreme Court would follow its own precedent>.[Blacks Law 8th]

folk laws.See LEGES BARBARORUM.[Blacks Law 8th]

“In all discussions on Anglo-Saxon law bookland is contrasted with ‘folkland.’ The most recent and probably the most correct view is that folkland simply means land subject to customary law, as opposed to land which was held under the terms of a charter. It would seem that the view that folkland means public land or…

folkland.Hist. Land held by customary law, without written title. — Also spelled folcland. Cf.[Blacks Law 8th]