Law Dictionary Definitions

FAC.abbr.Failure to answer a (traffic) citation. • In some jurisdictions, if someone fails to respond after receiving a ticket, the court notifies the relevant administrative agency, which records this information and suspends the defendant’s driver’s license until the FAC is vacated and any fines or fees are paid.[Blacks Law 8th]

fabula (fab-y<<schwa>>-l<<schwa>>). [Law Latin] Hist. A contract or covenant, esp. a nuptial contract.[Blacks Law 8th]

fabric land.See LAND.[Blacks Law 8th]

fabricated fact.See fabricated evidence under EVIDENCE.[Blacks Law 8th]

fabricated evidence.See EVIDENCE.[Blacks Law 8th]

fabricate,vb. To invent, forge, or devise falsely. • To fabricate a story is to create a plausible version of events that is advantageous to the person relating those events. The term is softer than lie. See LIE(1).[Blacks Law 8th]

fabricare (fab-r<<schwa>>-kair-ee), vb. [Law Latin “to make”] Hist. 1.To make a coin lawfully or unlawfully. 2. To forge, esp. a bill of lading. • The term sometimes appeared in indictments: fabricavit et contrafecit (“[he] forged and counterfeited”).[Blacks Law 8th]

FAA.abbr.1.FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION. 2.FEDERAL ARBITRATION ACT. 3.FREE OF ALL AVERAGE.[Blacks Law 8th]

F.3d.abbr.The third series of the Federal Reporter, which includes federal appellate decisions from 1993.[Blacks Law 8th]

F.2d.abbr.The second series of the Federal Reporter, which includes federal appellate decisions from 1924 to 1993.[Blacks Law 8th]