Law Dictionary Definitions

final and conclusive.See FINAL.[Blacks Law 8th]

final alimony.See permanent alimony under ALIMONY.[Blacks Law 8th]

final agenda.See AGENDA.[Blacks Law 8th]

final,adj.1. (Of a judgment at law) not requiring any further judicial action by the court that rendered judgment to determine the matter litigated; concluded. 2. (Of an equitable decree) not requiring any further judicial action beyond supervising how the decree is carried out. • Once an order, judgment, or decree is final, it may be…

finable (fI-n<<schwa>>-b<<schwa>>l), adj. Liable to a fine; subject to having to pay a fine. — Also spelled fineable.[Blacks Law 8th]

filum (fI-l<<schwa>>m). [Latin “thread”] Hist. 1.A thread or wire that holds (esp. legal) papers together to form a file. • This was the ancient method of filing legal papers. 2. An imaginary thread or line passing through the middle of a stream or road. — Also termed (in sense 1) filacium. filum aquae (fI-l<<schwa>>m ay-kwee).…

fill-or-kill order.See ORDER(8).[Blacks Law 8th]

fill a blank.Parliamentary law. To replace a blank in a motion with one or more proposals from the floor. See BLANK.[Blacks Law 8th]

filla (fil-<<schwa>>).Hist. The ribbon from which a seal hangs at the bottom of deeds and other legal documents.[Blacks Law 8th]

filius populi.See FILIUS NULLIUS.[Blacks Law 8th]