Law Dictionary Definitions

FIFO (fI-foh).abbr.FIRST-IN, FIRST-OUT.[Blacks Law 8th]

fa.(sometimes cap.) abbr.FIERI FACIAS.[Blacks Law 8th]

fieri feci (fI-<<schwa>>-rIfee-sI). [Latin “I have caused to be made”] Hist. A sheriff’s return on a fieri facias where the sheriff has collected, in whole or in part, the sum to be levied on. • The return is usu. expressed by the word “satisfied.”[Blacks Law 8th]

fieri facias (fI-<<schwa>>-rIfay-shee-<<schwa>>s). [Latin “that you cause to be done”] A writ of execution that directs a marshal or sheriff to seize and sell a defendant’s property to satisfy a money judgment. — Abbr. fi. fa.; Fi. Fa. Cf. LEVARI FACIAS. [Cases: Execution 1, 15. C.J.S. Executions §§ 2, 15, 18.] “It receives its name…

fieri (fI-<<schwa>>-rI). [Latin] To be made; to be done. • Fieri usu. appears as part of the phrase in fieri. See IN FIERI.[Blacks Law 8th]

fierding court (fy<<schwa>>r-ding orfeer-ding).Hist. An ancient court of inferior jurisdiction bFour courts were in each district or hundred.[Blacks Law 8th]

field warehousing.An inventory-financing method by which a merchant pledges its inventory, which is in the possession of a third person (a warehouser). • This is a method of financing an inventory that cannot economically be delivered to the creditor or third party. The borrower segregates part of the inventory and places it under the nominal…

field-warehouse financing agreement.The loan agreement in a field-warehousing arrangement.[Blacks Law 8th]

field stop.See STOP AND FRISK.[Blacks Law 8th]

field sobriety test.See SOBRIETY TEST.[Blacks Law 8th]