Frivolous appeal – the term is used in court trials to detail concrete non-serious, unreasonable claim.

Freeholder – within the sphere of Real Estate Law the term is used to detail a person who owns freehold real estate rights (i.e. in a piece of real estate; either land or a building).

Freehold right – within the Real Estate Law this term refers to a special right granting the full use of real estate for an indeterminate time. It differs from leasehold, which allows possession for a limited time. There are varieties…

Fraudulent transfer – this legal term details the illegal activity of transferring the debtor’s property made with intent to defraud or for which the debtor receives less than the transferred property’s value.

Fraudulent preference – this term describes a payment made by the debtor towards only one creditor who is not due (i.e. not legally entitled) to receive the debts before the other waiting creditors on the line before him.

Fraudulent conveyance – in the meaning given by the Real Estate Law, in most jurisdictions this term details the transfer of property title towards third parties (usually unofficially related) with the intention to harm the creditors and to avoid paying…

Fraud – this is a term of the Criminal Law, where in most jurisdictions details a deceitful conduct designed to manipulate another person to give something of value by (1) cheat, (2) by repeating something that is or ought to…

Fratricide – this term sets up the figure of a person who has killed their brother or sister. 

Franchising – in Commercial Law in most jurisdictions this term refers to the practice of operating on the market, using some other company’s trade name on the base of its popularity for achieving profit, and against percentage of the income,…

Foster care – in Family Law & Child Custody this term details a type of care of children without birth parents, which care is taken by families approved for their capability and suitability to keep children, but without legally to…