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falsarius (fal-sair-ee-<<schwa>>s or fawl-). [Law Latin] Hist. A counterfeiter. — Also spelled falcarious. — Also termed falsonarius.[Blacks Law 8th]

falsa causa.See CAUSA(2).[Blacks Law 8th]

falsare (fal-sair-ee or fawl-), vb. [Law Latin] Hist. To counterfeit; to falsify.[Blacks Law 8th]

falsa moneta (fal-s<<schwa>> orfawl-s<<schwa>> m<<schwa>>-nee-t<<schwa>>).Roman law. Counterfeit money.[Blacks Law 8th]

falsa demonstratio (fal-s<<schwa>> orfawl-s<<schwa>> dem-<<schwa>>n-stray-shee-oh).Roman law. A false designation; an erroneous description of a person or thing in a legal instrument. • Generally, a simple error in description, grammar, or spelling will not void an instrument or even a single provision in it (such as a bequest by will). — Also termed false demonstration.[Blacks Law…

fall of the hammer.An auctioneer’s closing of bidding <the bureau will be sold at the fall of the hammer>. • Traditionally, an auctioneer bangs a hammer, gavel, or other object when bidding is closed. In some circumstances, such as online auctions, a verbal announcement that bidding is closed substitutes.[Blacks Law 8th]

fallo (fahl-yoh), n. Spanish law. The mandate in a court’s judgment; the dispositive sentence in a judicial pronouncement.[Blacks Law 8th]

faldworth (fahld-w<<schwa>>rth), n. Hist. A person who resides in a rural community where everyone above a certain age is responsible for the good conduct of all other members of the community and who has reached that age of responsibility. • This was part of the frankpledge system. See DECENARY; FRANKPLEDGE.[Blacks Law 8th]

faldfee (fahld-fee), n. Hist. See FALDAGE(2).[Blacks Law 8th]

faldage (fahl-dij), n. Hist.1.A landowner’s right to require tenants to graze their sheep in designated temporary folds so that the manure will fertilize the field. — Also termed foldage; fold soc. 2. A sum of money paid to the landowner by a sheep-owning tenant in lieu of keeping the animals in the landowner’s temporary fold.…