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filum (fI-l<<schwa>>m). [Latin “thread”] Hist. 1.A thread or wire that holds (esp. legal) papers together to form a file. • This was the ancient method of filing legal papers. 2. An imaginary thread or line passing through the middle of a stream or road. — Also termed (in sense 1) filacium. filum aquae (fI-l<<schwa>>m ay-kwee).…

fill-or-kill order.See ORDER(8).[Blacks Law 8th]

fill a blank.Parliamentary law. To replace a blank in a motion with one or more proposals from the floor. See BLANK.[Blacks Law 8th]

filla (fil-<<schwa>>).Hist. The ribbon from which a seal hangs at the bottom of deeds and other legal documents.[Blacks Law 8th]

filius populi.See FILIUS NULLIUS.[Blacks Law 8th]

filius nullius (fil-ee-<<schwa>>s n<<schwa>>-lI-<<schwa>>s). [Latin “son of nobody”] Hist. An illegitimate child. — Also termed filius populi. “I proceed next to the rights and incapacities which appertain to a bastard. The rights are very few, being only such as he can acquire; for he can inherit nothing, being looked upon as the son of nobody;…

filius mulieratus (fil-ee-<<schwa>>s myoo-lee-<<schwa>>-ray-t<<schwa>>s). [Law Latin] Hist. The eldest legitimate son of a woman who previously had an illegitimate son by the same father; a legitimate son whose older brother is illegitimate; MULIER PUISNE. Cf. bastard eisne under EISNE.[Blacks Law 8th]

filiusfamilias (fil-ee-<<schwa>>s-f<<schwa>>-mil-ee-as), n. [Latin “the son of a family”] Roman law. An unemancipated son or daughter, grandson or granddaughter. — Also termed homo alieni juris. “Every Roman citizen is either a paterfamilias or a filiusfamilias, according as he is free from paternal power (homo sui juris) or not (homo alieni juris). Paterfamilias is the generic…

filius (fil-ee-<<schwa>>s), n.[Latin] 1. A son. 2. (pl.) Descendants. Pl. filii.Cf. HERES.[Blacks Law 8th]

filiolus (fil-ee-oh-l<<schwa>>s). [Latin] Hist. A godson. — Also spelled (in old records) filious.[Blacks Law 8th]