Legal Definition and Related Resources of Facere
Meaning of Facere
(Lat.) In civil law. To do; to make. A word of very comprehensive signification. Dig. 50. 16. 218. See Calv. Lex. “Brissonius.” An important word formerly in the language of writs and contracts, and the general language of the law. Facere defalfum, to make default. Bracton, fols. 238, 334b, 360b, 363. Facere duellum, to make the duel; to engage in the combat, or make or do battle, as the phrase still is. Bracton, fol. 141b. Facere finem, to make or pay a fine. Id. fol. 154. Facere legem, to make one’s law. Id. fols. 156b, 334b, 335b, 410. Facere sacramentum, to make oath. Id. fols. 50b, 185b. See “Make.”
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Facere in the Dictionary of Law consisting of Judicial Definitions and Explanations of Words, Phrases and Maxims
Latin. To make, do, perform, Compare Fieri.
Note: This legal definition of Facere in the Dictionary of Law (English and American Jurisprudence) is from 1893.
Concept of “Facere”
Traditional meaning of facere in English (with some legal use of this latin concept in England and the United States in the XIX Century) [1]: (in Latin) To do, make, act, or cause. Facias: you cause. Faciendo: doing; paying. Facio ut des: I do that you may give; facio ut facias, I do that you may do; see Do. Facit: he does; he acts.
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- Based on A Concise Law Dictionary of Words, Phrases and Maxims, “Facere”, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1911, United States. It is also called the Stimson’s Law dictionary. This term and/or definition may be absolete.
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