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Fed.abbr.1.FEDERAL. 2.FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM.[Blacks Law 8th]

fecial law.See FETIAL LAW.[Blacks Law 8th]

feciales,n. See FETIALES.[Blacks Law 8th]

FECA.abbr.FEDERAL EMPLOYEES’ COMPENSATION ACT.[Blacks Law 8th]

feast,n.1.Roman law. An established holiday or festival in the ecclesiastical calendar, used as a date in a legal instrument. 2.Hist. One of four principal days (feasts) of the year: March 25, the annunciation of the Virgin Mary; June 24, the birth of John the Baptist; September 28, the feast of St. Michael the Archangel; and…

FEC.abbr. FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION.[Blacks Law 8th]

feasibility standard.Bankruptcy. The requirement that, to obtain bankruptcy-court approval, a Chapter 11 reorganization plan must be workable and have a reasonable likelihood of success. [Cases: Bankruptcy 3559. C.J.S. Bankruptcy § 393.][Blacks Law 8th]

feasant (fez-<<schwa>>nt orfee-z<<schwa>>nt).Archaic. Doing or causing. See DAMAGE FEASANT.[Blacks Law 8th]

feasance (fee-z<<schwa>>nts), n. The doing or execution of an act, condition, or obligation. Cf. MALFEASANCE; MISFEASANCE; NONFEASANCE. — feasor,n.[Blacks Law 8th]

fealty (feel-tee orfee-<<schwa>>l-tee).Hist. In feudal law, the allegiance that a tenant or vassal owes to a lord. — Also termed feodality. “There was the possibility that if the entire top layer of the structure revolted, the king might be deprived of all support. To meet this possibility, the king also bound directly to himself all…