Law Dictionary Definitions

fund in court.See FUND(1).[Blacks Law 8th]

funded debt.See DEBT.[Blacks Law 8th]

funded. See FULLY FUNDED.[Blacks Law 8th]

  fundatio (f<<schwa>>n-day-shee-oh). [Latin “founding” or “foundation”] Hist. The founding of a corporation, particularly an eleemosynary corporation. fundatio incipiens (f<<schwa>>n-day-shee-oh in-sip-ee-enz). [Latin “incipient foundation”] The incorporation or grant of corporate powers. fundatio perficiens (f<<schwa>>n-day-shee-oh p<<schwa>>r-fish-ee-enz). [Latin “perfecting foundation”] The endowment or gift of funds to a corporation.[Blacks Law 8th]

fundamental trend.See major trend under TREND.[Blacks Law 8th]

fundamental term.See TERM(2).[Blacks Law 8th]

fundamental right. 1. A right derived from natural or fundamental law. 2.Constitutional law. A significant component of liberty, encroachments of which are rigorously tested by courts to ascertain the soundness of purported governmental justifications. • A fundamental right triggers strict scrutiny to determine whether the law violates the Due Process Clause or the Equal Protection…

fundamental-miscarriage-of-justice exception.The doctrine allowing a federal court in a habeas corpus proceeding to address a claim of constitutional error that, although ordinarily unreviewable, is subject to review because of a state-court procedural default that rendered the proceedings basically unfair. • For the exception to apply, among other things, the petitioner must show by a preponderance…

fundamental law.The organic law that establishes the governing principles of a nation or state; esp., CONSTITUTIONAL LAW. — Also termed organic law; ground-law. Cf. NATURAL LAW.[Blacks Law 8th]

fundamental interest.See FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT.[Blacks Law 8th]