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fierding court (fy<<schwa>>r-ding orfeer-ding).Hist. An ancient court of inferior jurisdiction bFour courts were in each district or hundred.[Blacks Law 8th]

field warehousing.An inventory-financing method by which a merchant pledges its inventory, which is in the possession of a third person (a warehouser). • This is a method of financing an inventory that cannot economically be delivered to the creditor or third party. The borrower segregates part of the inventory and places it under the nominal…

field-warehouse financing agreement.The loan agreement in a field-warehousing arrangement.[Blacks Law 8th]

field stop.See STOP AND FRISK.[Blacks Law 8th]

field sobriety test.See SOBRIETY TEST.[Blacks Law 8th]

field-of-use restriction.Intellectual property. A license provision restricting the licensee’s use of the licensed property to a defined product or service market or to a designated geographical area.[Blacks Law 8th]

field of search.See CLASSIFICATION OF PATENTS(2).[Blacks Law 8th]

field of invention.See CLASSIFICATION OF PATENTS(2).[Blacks Law 8th]

field notes.The notes in a surveyor’s field book.[Blacks Law 8th]

Field Code.The New York Code of Procedure of 1848, which was the first comprehensive Anglo-American code of civil procedure and served as a model for the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. • It was drafted by David Dudley Field (1805–1894), a major law-reformer. See code pleading under PLEADING (2).[Blacks Law 8th]