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fatal variance.See VARIANCE(1).[Blacks Law 8th]

fatal error.See ERROR(2).[Blacks Law 8th]

fatal defect.See DEFECT.[Blacks Law 8th]

fatal,adj.1. Of or relating to death; producing death <the decision had fatal consequences fatal blow>.2. Providing grounds for legal invalidity <a fatal defect in the contract>.[Blacks Law 8th]

fast-tracking,n. A court’s method of accelerating the disposition of cases in an effort to clear its docket. • For example, a judge might order that all discovery must be finished within 90 days and that trial is set for 30 days later. See ROCKET DOCKET. — fast-track,vb.[Blacks Law 8th]

fast land.See LAND.[Blacks Law 8th]

fast estate.See real property under PROPERTY.[Blacks Law 8th]

FASB statement.An official pronouncement from the Financial Accounting Standards Board establishing a given financial-accounting practice as acceptable. [Cases: Accountants 3.1.][Blacks Law 8th]

FASB (faz-bee).abbr.FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARD.[Blacks Law 8th]

FAS.abbr.1.FREE ALONGSIDE SHIP. 2.FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME. 3.FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE . fas (fas), n.[Latin] Roman law. 1. Moral law of divine origin; divine law. • Jus, by contrast, is created by man. See JUS. 2. What is right, proper, lawful, and permitted. Cf. NEFAS. “The first element to be noted in the Roman composite existing in…