Law Dictionary Definitions

fighting words. 1. Inflammatory speech that might not be protected by the First Amendment’s free-speech guarantee because it might incite a violent response. [Cases: Constitutional Law 90.1(1); Disorderly Conduct 1. C.J.S. Constitutional Law §§ 461, 501–503, 539–543, 548–554, 561, 565, 572, 582–584, 603–605, 608, 610; Disorderly Conduct§§ 2–5.] 2. Inflammatory speech that is pleadable in…

fighting age.See AGE.[Blacks Law 8th]

50 percent plus one.See HALF PLUS ONE.[Blacks Law 8th]

Fifty Decisions.Justinian’s rulings that settled controversies and eliminated obsolete rules in the law. • The decisions were made in preparation for Justinian’s Digest. — Also termed (in Latin) Quinquaginta Decisiones.[Blacks Law 8th]

Fifth Amendment, take the.See TAKE THE FIFTH.[Blacks Law 8th]

Fifth Amendment, plead the.See TAKE THE FIFTH.[Blacks Law 8th]

Fifth Amendment.The constitutional amendment, ratified with the Bill of Rights in 1791, providing that a person cannot be (1) required to answer for a capital or otherwise infamous offense unless a grand jury issues an indictment or presentment, (2) subjected to double jeopardy, (3) compelled to engage in self-incrimination on a criminal matter, (4) deprived…

Fifteenth Amendment.The constitutional amendment, ratified in 1870, guaranteeing all citizens the right to vote regardless of race, color, or prior condition of servitude. [Cases: Constitutional Law 82(8).C.J.S. Constitutional Law §§ 461–462, 612, 614–619, 624–626.][Blacks Law 8th]

fifteenth.Hist. A tax of one-fifteenth of all the personal property of every subject. • The tax was levied at intervals by act of Parliament. Under Edward III, the value of the fifteenth was assessed and fixed at a specific sum and did not increase as the wealth of the kingdom increased — thus the tax…

FIFRA.abbr.Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act. 7 USCA §§ 136–136y.[Blacks Law 8th]