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fabricate,vb. To invent, forge, or devise falsely. • To fabricate a story is to create a plausible version of events that is advantageous to the person relating those events. The term is softer than lie. See LIE(1).[Blacks Law 8th]

fabricare (fab-r<<schwa>>-kair-ee), vb. [Law Latin “to make”] Hist. 1.To make a coin lawfully or unlawfully. 2. To forge, esp. a bill of lading. • The term sometimes appeared in indictments: fabricavit et contrafecit (“[he] forged and counterfeited”).[Blacks Law 8th]

FAA.abbr.1.FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION. 2.FEDERAL ARBITRATION ACT. 3.FREE OF ALL AVERAGE.[Blacks Law 8th]

F.3d.abbr.The third series of the Federal Reporter, which includes federal appellate decisions from 1993.[Blacks Law 8th]

F.2d.abbr.The second series of the Federal Reporter, which includes federal appellate decisions from 1924 to 1993.[Blacks Law 8th]

  1.abbr.The first series of the Federal Reporter, which includes federal decisions (trial and appellate) from 1880 to 1924. 2.Hist. A letter branded on a felon who claimed benefit of clergy so that the felon could claim the benefit only once. • Additionally, those convicted for an affray (fray) or falsity were so branded. “He…

bystander. One who is present when an event takes place, but who does not become directly involved in it.[Blacks Law 8th]

byrthynsak (b<<schwa>>r-th<<schwa>>n-sak), n.[Anglo-Saxon byrthen “burden” + sacu “lawsuit”] Hist. The theft of a calf or ram that is the most a man can carry on his back.[Blacks Law 8th]

byrlaw court.Hist. Scots law. A community assembly that judged minor disputes arising in the community. • The assembly members were called byrlawmen or birleymen. — Also spelled burlaw court.[Blacks Law 8th]

byrlaw (bir-lah), n. English & Scots law. Hist.1.The local custom of a township or district for resolving disputes over boundaries, trespasses, and the use of common lands, as well as farming issues. 2. A particular custom established by the common consent of landholders in a township or district. 3. The area over which a township…