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ficta traditio (fik-t<<schwa>> tr<<schwa>>-dish-ee-oh). [Latin] Scots law. A fictitious delivery. • The phrase invoked the rule that if the parties so intended, an item could be treated as having been delivered to a buyer in possession of it without the need for physical transfer. — Also termed fictio brevis manus.[Blacks Law 8th]

fickle-fiduciary rule.A rule that requires a partner or employee to forfeit all compensation, bonuses, and other benefits received after breaching a fiduciary duty to the employer or partnership, for as long as the breach continues. • The rule usu. applies to people who are preparing to resign or have resigned to set up a competing…

FICA (fI-k<<schwa>>).abbr.FEDERAL INSURANCE CONTRIBUTIONS ACT.[Blacks Law 8th]

fiaunt. See FIAT.[Blacks Law 8th]

fiat ut petitur (fI-at <<schwa>>t pet-<<schwa>>-t<<schwa>>r). [Latin] Let it be done as it is asked. • An order granting a petition.[Blacks Law 8th]

fiat money.See MONEY.[Blacks Law 8th]

fiat justitia (fI-at j<<schwa>>s-tish-ee-<<schwa>>). [Latin] Hist. Let justice be done. • This phrase signaled the Crown’s commission to the House of Lords to hear an appeal. “Fiat Justitia, ruat coelum, says another maxim, as full of extravagance as it is of harmony: Go heaven to wreck — so justice be but done: — and what…

fiat (fee-aht orfee-at orfI-at orfI-<<schwa>>t), n.[Latin “let it be done”] 1. An order or decree, esp. an arbitrary one <judicial fiat>.2. A court decree, esp. one relating to a routine matter such as scheduling <the court requires all motions to contain a fiat — to be filled in by the court — setting the hearing…

fiar,n. Scots law. One who holds an estate in fee, in contrast to a liferenter.[Blacks Law 8th]

fiant,n. Hist. 1.A decree; commission. 2. A warrant to the Chancery of Ireland for a grant under the great seal.[Blacks Law 8th]