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filare (fi-lair-ee), vb. [Law Latin] Hist. To file.[Blacks Law 8th]

filacium. See FILUM.[Blacks Law 8th]

filacer (fil-<<schwa>>-s<<schwa>>r).Hist. An officer of the Westminster superior courts who filed the writs on which process was made. • The office was abolished in 1837. — Also spelled filazer.[Blacks Law 8th]

fightwite (fIt-wIt).Hist. A fine imposed against one who participated in a breach of the peace.[Blacks Law 8th]

50-percent rule.The principle that liability for negligence is apportioned in accordance with the percentage of fault that the fact-finder assigns to each party, that the plaintiff’s recovery will be reduced by the percentage of negligence assigned to the plaintiff, and that the plaintiff’s recovery is barred if the plaintiff’s percentage of fault is 50% or…

fighting words. 1. Inflammatory speech that might not be protected by the First Amendment’s free-speech guarantee because it might incite a violent response. [Cases: Constitutional Law 90.1(1); Disorderly Conduct 1. C.J.S. Constitutional Law §§ 461, 501–503, 539–543, 548–554, 561, 565, 572, 582–584, 603–605, 608, 610; Disorderly Conduct§§ 2–5.] 2. Inflammatory speech that is pleadable in…

fighting age.See AGE.[Blacks Law 8th]

50 percent plus one.See HALF PLUS ONE.[Blacks Law 8th]

Fifty Decisions.Justinian’s rulings that settled controversies and eliminated obsolete rules in the law. • The decisions were made in preparation for Justinian’s Digest. — Also termed (in Latin) Quinquaginta Decisiones.[Blacks Law 8th]

Fifth Amendment, take the.See TAKE THE FIFTH.[Blacks Law 8th]