expediente (ek-sped-ee-en-tee), n. [Spanish] Spanish law. 1. The papers or documents constituting a grant or title to land from the government; esp., a historical record of proceedings relating to a grant of land by the sovereign. 2. A legal or administrative case file; esp., the official record of all filings and orders in a lawsuit. […]
causam nobis significes quare (kaw-z[schwa]m noh-bis sig-nif-[schwa]-seez kwair-ee). [Latin “that you signify to us the cause why”] Hist. A writ ordering a town’s mayor to give seisin of land to a grantee of the king.
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future interest. A property interest in which the privilege of possession or of other enjoyment is future and not present. • A future interest can exist in either the grantor (as with a reversion) or the grantee (as with a remainder or executory interest). Today, most future interests are equitable interests in stocks and debt
fine sur concessit (fIn s[schwa]r k[schwa]n-ses-it). [Law French] Hist. A species of conveyance in which the cognizor does not acknowledge the cognizee’s preceding right in land but grants the cognizee an estate de novo, usu. for life or a term of years, by way of supposed composition. See FINE (1).
cum aucupationibus, venationibus, et piscationibus (k[schwa]m awk-y[schwa]-pay-shee-oh-n[schwa]-b[schwa]s, vi-nay-shee-oh-n[schwa]-b[schwa]s, et pi-skay-shee-oh-n[schwa]-b[schwa]s). [Latin] Scots law. With fowlings, huntings, and fishings. • The phrase was part of a clause granting the legal right to hunt and fish on the conveyed land if the right was ac-companied by actual possession of the land for a specific period.
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Hist. A fine made on acknowledgment of the right of the grantee to land given to him as a gift from the grantor. • This was abolished in England in 1833. 3 & 4 Will. 4, ch. 74.
formedon (for-m[schwa]-don). [fr. Latin forma doni “form of the gift”] Hist. A writ of right for claiming entailed property held by another. • A writ of formedon was the highest remedy available to a tenant in tail. — Also termed writ of formedon. [Cases: Real Actions 4.] “Called formedon, because the writ comprehended the form
defensor fidei (di-fen-s[schwa]r fI-dee-I), n. [Latin “defender of the faith”] Hist. A unique title of the sovereign of England, first granted by Pope Leo X to Henry VIII for writing against Martin Luther. • The Pope later withdrew the title because of Henry’s harsh regulation of the church, but the title was again bestowed on