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Falconer error. A trial court’s failure to instruct the jury that a guilty finding on a manslaughter charge requires acquittal on a murder charge.Falconer v. Lane, 905 F.2d 1129 (7th Cir. 1990).[Blacks Law 8th]

Falcidian portion.Roman law. The one-fourth part of an estate that one or more instituted heirs are entitled to retain. La. Civ. Code art. 1494. — Also termed quarta Falcidiana. See forced heir under HEIR; LEGITIME. Cf. QUARTA TREBELLIANICA .[Blacks Law 8th]

Falcidian law (fal-sid-ee-<<schwa>>n).Roman law. A law prescribing that one could give no more than three-fourths of one’s property in legacies and that the heirs should receive at least one-fourth (the Falcidian portion). • If the testator violated this law, the heir had the right to deduct proportionally from each legatee as necessary. The law, proposed…

fake,n. Something that is not what it purports to be. See FORGERY (2); IMPOSTOR. fake,vb. To make or construct falsely. See COUNTERFEIT.[Blacks Law 8th]

faith-healing exemption.Family law. In a child-abuse or child-neglect statute, a provision that a parent who provides a child with faith healing (in place of standard medical treatment) will not, for that reason alone, be charged with abuse or neglect. • Nearly all states have enacted some form of faith-healing exemption. But the statutes differ greatly.…

Faithfully Executed Clause.The clause of the U.S. Constitution providing that the President must take care that the laws are carried out faithfully.U.S. Const. art. II, § 3. [Cases: United States C.J.S. United States §§ 45–47.][Blacks Law 8th]

faith and trust.See FLIM FLAM.[Blacks Law 8th]

fait enrolle (fay or fe ton-rohl). [Law French] Hist. An enrolled deed of a sale of a freehold estate.[Blacks Law 8th]

fait (fay or fe). [Law French fr. Latin factum] Anything done; an act or deed. • The term fait accompli (fay or fe t<<schwa>>-kom-plee), meaning “a deed accomplished,” which is not merely legal, is related to this word.[Blacks Law 8th]

fair wear and tear.See WEAR AND TEAR.[Blacks Law 8th]