Posts by admin

facsimile (fak-sim-<<schwa>>-lee).1. An exact copy. 2.FAX.[Blacks Law 8th]

facio ut facias (fay-shee-oh <<schwa>>t fay-shee-<<schwa>>s). [Latin “I do that you may do”] Civil law. 1. An innominate contract in which a person agrees to do something for another person who agrees to do something in return, such as an agreement to marry. 2. The consideration in such a contract. See innominate contract under CONTRACT.…

facio ut des (fay-shee-oh <<schwa>>t deez). [Latin “I do so that you give”] Civil law. 1. An innominate contract in which a person agrees to do something for recompense. See innominate contract under CONTRACT. 2. The consideration in such a contract.[Blacks Law 8th]

facility-of-payment clause. 1.Insurance. An insurance-policy provision allowing the appointment of a person to receive payment from the insurer on the beneficiary’s behalf. [Cases: Insurance 3468.] 2.Trusts. A trust provision that allows anyone who owes money to an incapacitated trust beneficiary to discharge the debt by paying the money owed to the custodial trustee.[Blacks Law 8th]

facility and circumvention.Scots law. Conduct intended to persuade a person vulnerable to outside influence to act against his or her own interest. • Any contract brought under conditions of facility and circumvention would be void. — Sometimes shortened to facility.[Blacks Law 8th]

facilitation,n.1. The act or an instance of aiding or helping; esp., in criminal law, the act of making it easier for another person to commit a crime. 2.CONCILIATION.[Blacks Law 8th]

facilitated negotiation.See MEDIATION.[Blacks Law 8th]

facilitate,vb. Criminal law. To make the commission of a crime easier. • Property (such as a vehicle or home) that facilitates the commission of certain offenses may be forfeited. — facilitator,n.[Blacks Law 8th]

facile (fas-<<schwa>>l), adj. Scots law.(Of a mentally deficient person) so susceptible to outside influence as to need legal protection (such as a guardian).[Blacks Law 8th]

facies (fay-shee-eez). [Latin] The outward appearance or surface (of a thing).[Blacks Law 8th]