Law Dictionary Definitions

fidelity bond.See BOND(2).[Blacks Law 8th]

fidelity and guaranty insurance.See fidelity insurance under INSURANCE.[Blacks Law 8th]

fidelitatis sacramentum (fi-del-i-tay-tis sak-r<<schwa>>-men-t<<schwa>>m). [Law Latin] Hist. The oath of fealty that a vassal owed to a lord.[Blacks Law 8th]

fidelitas (fi-del-<<schwa>>-tas). [Latin “fidelity”] See FEALTY.[Blacks Law 8th]

fidejussor (fI-dee-j<<schwa>>s-or or -j<<schwa>>s-<<schwa>>r).1.Roman law. (ital.) A guarantor; a person who binds himself to pay another’s debt. 2.Hist. Maritime law. A person who acts as bail for a defendant in the Court of Admiralty. — Also spelled fideiussor. Cf. ADPROMISSOR. — fidejussory,adj. “The proceedings of the court of admiralty bear much resemblance to those of…

fidejussion (fI-di-j<<schwa>>sh-<<schwa>>n). [fr. Latin fidejussio] Roman law. An act by which a person becomes an additional security for another. • The act does not remove the principal’s liability but only adds to the surety’s security. Fidejussion was one of the three types of adpromission, and the only type remaining in Justinian’s law. — Also spelled…

fidejubere (fI-dee-y<<schwa>>-beer-ee), vb. [Latin] Roman law. To become a surety. • Forms of this word were spoken by the parties to a stipulatio that bound one party to become a surety for the other; the first party asked, “Do you pledge yourself?” (“fidejubesne?”), and the second responded, “I do pledge myself” (“fidejubeo”). See STIPULATIO.[Blacks Law…

fideicommissum (fI-dee-I-k<<schwa>>-mis-<<schwa>>m). [Latin]. 1.Roman law. A direction to an heir asking the heir as a matter of good faith to give some part of the inheritance, such as a particular object, or all the inheritance, to a third party. • A fideicommissum was a device to overcome some of the technicalities of the Roman will.…

fideicommissary substitution. 1.SUBSTITUTION(6).2.SUBSTITUTION(7).[Blacks Law 8th]

fideicommissary heir.See HEIR.[Blacks Law 8th]