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fellow-servant rule.A common-law doctrine holding that an employer is not liable for an employee’s injuries caused by a negligent coworker. • This doctrine has generally been abrogated by workers’-compensation statutes. In some jurisdictions, employees were considered fellow servants when they were working with one aim or result in view. In others, the relation of fellow…

fellow servant.A coworker having the same employer; esp., an employee who is so closely related to another employee’s work that there is a special risk of harm if either one is negligent. See FELLOW-SERVANT RULE; DIFFERENT-DEPARTMENT RULE E. superior fellow servant.A worker that has the power of control or direction over a coworker. — Also…

fellow-officer rule.Criminal procedure. The principle that an investigative stop or an arrest is valid even if the law-enforcement officer lacks personal knowledge to establish reasonable suspicion or probable cause as long as the officer is acting on the knowledge of another officer and the collective knowledge of the law-enforcement office. — Also termed Whiteley rule.…

fellow,n.1. One joined with another in some legal status or relation. 2. A member of a college, board, corporate body, or other organization.[Blacks Law 8th]

fele (feel). [Law French] See FEAL.[Blacks Law 8th]

FELA (fee-l<<schwa>>).abbr.FEDERAL EMPLOYERS’ LIABILITY ACT.[Blacks Law 8th]

Feist doctrine.Copyright. The rule that “sweat of the brow” will not support U.S. copyright protection in an unoriginal collection of facts.Feist Pubs. v. Rural Tel. Serv. Co., 499 U.S. 340, 111 S.Ct. 1282 (1991). Cf. SWEAT-OF-THE-BROW DOCTRINE. [Cases: Copyrights and Intellectual Property 12(2).][Blacks Law 8th]

feigned recovery.See COMMON RECOVERY. [Blacks Law 8th]

feigned issue.Hist. A proceeding in which the parties, by consent, have an issue tried by a jury without actually bringing a formal action. • The proceeding was done when a court either lacked jurisdiction or was unwilling to decide the issue. — Also termed fictitious issue. “The chancellor’s decree is either interlocutory or final. It…

feigned action.Hist. An action brought for an illegal purpose on a pretended right. — Also termed faint action; false action.[Blacks Law 8th]