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faultless pardon.See PARDON.[Blacks Law 8th]

fault divorce.See DIVORCE.[Blacks Law 8th]

fault-based liability.See fault liability under LIABILITY.[Blacks Law 8th]

fault. 1. An error or defect of judgment or of conduct; any deviation from prudence or duty resulting from inattention, incapacity, perversity, bad faith, or mismanagement. See NEGLIGENCE. Cf. LIABILITY. 2.Civil law. The intentional or negligent failure to maintain some standard of conduct when that failure results in harm to another person. contractual fault.Civil law.…

fauces terrae (faw-seez ter-ee). [Latin “narrow passage of the land”] A body of water that experiences tides and is partially enclosed by land. • This includes inlets, rivers, harbors, creeks, bays, basins, and similar aquatic bodies.[Blacks Law 8th]

fatuum judicium (fach-oo-<<schwa>>m joo-dish-ee-<<schwa>>m). [Latin] A foolish judgment or verdict.[Blacks Law 8th]

Fatico hearing (fat-<<schwa>>-koh).Criminal procedure. A sentencing hearing at which the prosecution and the defense may present evidence about what the defendant’s sentence should be. United States v. Fatico, 603 F.2d 1053 (2d Cir. 1979). [Cases: Sentencing and Punishment 325. C.J.S. Criminal Law §§ 1480, 1492–1493, 1495, 1779.][Blacks Law 8th]

fatherly power.See patria potestas under POTESTAS.[Blacks Law 8th]

foster father.See foster parent under PARENT. genetic father.See biological father. godfather. See GODPARENT. intentional father.See intentional parent under PARENT. legal father.The man recognized by law as the male parent of a child. • A man is the legal father of a child if he was married to the child’s natural mother when the child was…

father. A male parent. See PARENT. [Cases: Parent and Child 1. C.J.S. Parent and Child §§ 1–12, 201.] acknowledged father.The admitted biological father of a child born to unmarried parents. See ACKNOWLEDGMENT(1). adoptive father.See adoptive parent under PARENT. biological father.The man whose sperm impregnated the child’s biological mother. — Also termed natural father; birth father;…