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2541 Etymology dictionary, p. fact (n.).3
An earlier adaptation of the Old French word that also became feat. The older senses are mostly obsolete but somewhat preserved in such phrases as after the fact, originally legal, "after the crime." Also compare matter-of-fact .
2542 Etymology dictionary, p. fatwa (n.).2
… a legal decision." Popularized in English 1989 when Ayatollah Khomeini of Iran issued a ruling sentencing author Salman Rushdie to death for publishing …
2543 Etymology dictionary, p. fee (n.).5
… the legal senses "estate in land or tenements held on condition of feudal homage; land, property, possession" (c. 1300). Hence fee-simple (late 14c.) "absolute ownership …
2544 Etymology dictionary, p. felon (n.).4
… legal sense "criminal; one who has committed a felony," however that was defined. Century Dictionary notes, "the term is not applicable after legal punishment …
2545 Etymology dictionary, p. feud (n.).2
… , feud, (legal) vengeance," which is from Germanic) from Proto-Germanic *faihitho (compare Old High German fehida "contention, quarrel, feud"), noun of state from adjective …
2546 Etymology dictionary, p. fiction (n.).3
… . The legal sense ( fiction of law ) is from 1580s. A writer of fiction could be a fictionist (1827). The related Latin words included the literal notion "worked by …
2547 Etymology dictionary, p. finding (n.).2
… support." Legal sense "proceedings leading to a verdict in an inquisition, etc.," is from mid-15c. Old English finding meant "invention." Related: Findings .
2548 Etymology dictionary, p. forbearance (n.).2
1570s, originally legal, in reference to enforcement of debt obligations, from forbear (v.) + -ance. General sense of "a refraining from" is from 1590s.
2549 Etymology dictionary, p. forensic (adj.).2
… to legal trials," as in forensic medicine (1845). Related: Forensical (1580s).
2550 Etymology dictionary, p. forest (n.).3
… in legal sense "court, judgment;" in other words "land subject to a ban" [Buck]. Replaced Old English wudu (see wood (n.)). Spanish and Portuguese floresta have been influenced …
2551 Etymology dictionary, p. form (n.).3
… , "a legal agreement; terms of agreement," later "a legal document" (mid-14c.). Meaning "a document with blanks to be filled in" is from 1855. From 1590s as "systematic or …
2552 Etymology dictionary, p. franchise (n.).3
… "particular legal privilege," then "right to vote" (1790). From mid-15c. as "right to buy or sell," also "right to exclude others from buying or selling, a monopoly;" meaning …
2553 Etymology dictionary, p. fuck (v.).8
The legal barriers against use in print broke down in mid-20c. with the "Ulysses" decision (U.S., 1933) and "Lady Chatterley's Lover" (U.S., 1959; U.K., 1960). The major breakthrough …
2554 Etymology dictionary, p. fuck (v.).10
… . Egyptian legal agreements from the 23rd Dynasty (749-21 B.C.E.) frequently include the phrase, "If you do not obey this decree, may a donkey copulate with you …
2555 Etymology dictionary, p. fuel (n.).2
… Latin legal term focalia "right to demand material for making fire, right of cutting fuel," from classical Latin focalia "brushwood for fuel," from neuter plural …
2556 Etymology dictionary, p. further (adj.).2
… to legally as a forther wife .
2557 Etymology dictionary, p. garnish (v.).3
… in legal sense of "to warn or serve notice of attachment of funds" (1570s). Related: Garnished; garnishing .
2558 Etymology dictionary, p. garnishment (n.).2
1550s, "embellishment, adornment, decoration," from garnish (v.) + -ment. Legal financial sense from 17c. The verbal noun garnishing also was used in the sense "ornament, that which decorates" (late 14c.).
2559 Etymology dictionary, p. garnishee (n.).2
"one who owes debts and has been warned legally to not pay money or transfer property which has been awarded to his creditor," 1620s, from garnish (v.) in the legal sense + -ee .
2560 Etymology dictionary, p. grantee (n.).2
in legal language, "person to whom a thing is granted," late 15c., from grant (v.) + -ee .