Law Dictionary Definitions

  farmer. A person engaged in the business of farming. family farmer.A person or entity whose income and debts primarily arise from a family-owned and -operated farm; esp., person who received more than 80% of gross income from a farm in the taxable year immediately preceding a Chapter 12 filing. • Only a family farmer…

farmee. See FARMOUTEE.[Blacks Law 8th]

Farm Credit Administration.An independent federal agency that regulates and examines the borrower-owned banks and cooperative associations that make up the federal farm credit system. • The agency was created in 1929 under the title “Federal Farm Board,” became an agency in the Department of Agriculture in 1933, and again became independent in 1971. — Abbr.…

farm,n.1. Land and connected buildings used for agricultural purposes. 2.Hist. Rent. • By extension, the term came to mean the land for which the rent was paid. — Also termed and spelled ferm; fearm; firme. farm,vb. 1. To cultivate land; to conduct the business of farming. 2. To lease. See FARM OUT.[Blacks Law 8th]

farley (fahr-lee).Hist. Money paid by a tenant in lieu of a chattel (or heriot). • The term invariably referred to a tenant in the west of England. See HERIOT.[Blacks Law 8th]

FAR. (often pl.) abbr.FEDERAL AVIATION REGULATION <the pilot violated several FARs before the crash>.[Blacks Law 8th]

Fannie Mae (fan-ee may). See FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION.[Blacks Law 8th]

fanciful trademark.See TRADEMARK.[Blacks Law 8th]

fanciful term.See fanciful trademark under TRADEMARK.[Blacks Law 8th]

fanciful mark.See fanciful trademark under TRADEMARK.[Blacks Law 8th]