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following-form policy.See INSURANCE POLICY.[Blacks Law 8th]

follow,vb. To conform to or comply with; to accept as authority <the lawyer assumed that the Supreme Court would follow its own precedent>.[Blacks Law 8th]

folk laws.See LEGES BARBARORUM.[Blacks Law 8th]

“In all discussions on Anglo-Saxon law bookland is contrasted with ‘folkland.’ The most recent and probably the most correct view is that folkland simply means land subject to customary law, as opposed to land which was held under the terms of a charter. It would seem that the view that folkland means public land or…

folkland.Hist. Land held by customary law, without written title. — Also spelled folcland. Cf.[Blacks Law 8th]

folio (foh-lee-oh). [fr. Latin folium “leaf”] 1.Hist. A leaf of a paper or parchment, numbered only on the front. • A folio includes both sides of the leaf, or two pages, with the letters “a” and “b” (or “r” and “v,” signifying recto and verso) added to show which of the two pages was intended.…

foldage. See FALDAGE(1).[Blacks Law 8th]

  folcland. See FOLKLAND.[Blacks Law 8th]

foiable (foy-<<schwa>>-b<<schwa>>l), adj. Slang. (Of documents) subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). [Cases: Records 53. C.J.S. Records §§ 99–101.][Blacks Law 8th]

FOIA (foy-<<schwa>>).abbr.FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT.[Blacks Law 8th]