Posts by admin

feneration (fen-<<schwa>>-ray-sh<<schwa>>n).Hist. 1. The act or practice of lending money with interest. 2.USURY.[Blacks Law 8th]

fencing patent.See PATENT(3).[Blacks Law 8th]

fence-month.Hist. The summer fawning season when it was unlawful to hunt deer. — Also termed defense-month.[Blacks Law 8th]

fence,n.1. A person who receives stolen goods. — Also termed (historically) intaker. [Cases: Receiving Stolen Goods 4. C.J.S. Receiving or Transferring Stolen Goods and Related Offenses § 4, 6–7, 12.] “The receivers of stolen goods almost never ‘know’ that they have been stolen, in the sense that they could testify to it in a courtroom.…

feminist jurisprudence.See JURISPRUDENCE.[Blacks Law 8th]

femicide (fem-<<schwa>>-sId).1. The killing of a woman. 2. One who kills a woman.[Blacks Law 8th]

female genital mutilation. 1. Female circumcision. 2. The act of cutting, or cutting off, one or more female sexual organs. • Female genital mutilation is practiced primarily among certain tribes in Africa, but it also occurs among some immigrant populations in the United States and in other Western nations. There are three commonly identified types:…

FEMA.abbr. FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY.[Blacks Law 8th]

felony murder.See MURDER.[Blacks Law 8th]

felony injury to a child.The act of causing or allowing a child to suffer in circumstances likely to produce great bodily harm or death, or inflicting unjustifiable pain or mental suffering in those circumstances.[Blacks Law 8th]