Law Dictionary Definitions

facilitation,n.1. The act or an instance of aiding or helping; esp., in criminal law, the act of making it easier for another person to commit a crime. 2.CONCILIATION.[Blacks Law 8th]

facilitated negotiation.See MEDIATION.[Blacks Law 8th]

facilitate,vb. Criminal law. To make the commission of a crime easier. • Property (such as a vehicle or home) that facilitates the commission of certain offenses may be forfeited. — facilitator,n.[Blacks Law 8th]

facile (fas-<<schwa>>l), adj. Scots law.(Of a mentally deficient person) so susceptible to outside influence as to need legal protection (such as a guardian).[Blacks Law 8th]

facies (fay-shee-eez). [Latin] The outward appearance or surface (of a thing).[Blacks Law 8th]

facias (fay-shee-<<schwa>>s). [Law Latin] That you cause. • Facias is used in writs as an emphatic word. See FIERI FACIAS; LEVARI FACIAS; SCIRE FACIAS. It also appears in the phrase ut facias (“so that you do”). See DO UT FACIAS; FACIO UT DES; FACIO UT FACIAS.[Blacks Law 8th]

facially void.See VOID.[Blacks Law 8th]

facially sufficient,adj. (Of a document) appearing valid on its face. • A search-warrant affidavit’s facial sufficiency will not protect it from attack if the affidavit is based on false testimony by the officer making the affidavit. See FRANKS HEARING.[Blacks Law 8th]

facial challenge.See CHALLENGE(1).[Blacks Law 8th]

facial attack.A challenge to the sufficiency of a complaint, such as a motion to dismiss in federal practice. [Cases: Federal Civil Procedure 1742(1).][Blacks Law 8th]