first statute merely inflicts punishment; full statutory definition of; in the staple; next statute that of 1352, applying to wine, etc. or imports; double forfeiture imposed; imprisonment for two years; in cloths abandoned, A.D. 1350; of Gascony wines forbidden in 1532; in fish, milk, etc., forbidden; last complete act A.D. 1551; made perpetual under Elizabeth and repealed in 1772; final definition of; an element of the "Trust,"; by Joseph; in modern statutes. Forestry laws, the first. Form of our statutes, the. Fornication, made a crime; with a woman under age a crime though with her consent. Fourteenth Amendment, securing private property. France, English people not subject to, by statute of 1340. Franchises (_see Corporations_), challenged by _quo warranto_; rates of may be regulated; to be limited in time; to pay taxes; regulation of, meaning of. Frauds, statute of; need of legislation against. Fraudulent conveyances, statute against 1571. Free speech in Parliament finally established under Henry VIII, Freedom in England, early method of attaining; of American Indians secured, (_see Citizenship_); before the law recognized in charter of Henry II, Freedom of contract (_see Labor, Trade_), principle of, value of, of elections, Freedom of speech, legislation relating to, does not extend to anarchistic statements, Freedom of the press, limitations of, meaning of, Freedom of trade, Freehold land, common in United States, Freemen (_see Liberty_), made up Witenagemot, rights of under Magna Charta, rapid increase of after the conquest, French, language, first law in A.D. 1266, customs and law of in force in England, language not to be used in England, coat of arms not to be used in England, language declared to be unknown in England in 1360, Fuel, Assize of, modern statutes, municipal distribution of, Fur, black only to be worn by the king, Futures (_see Forestalling_), buying of unlawful at common law, dealing in forbidden, buying and selling, Fyrd, the early Anglo-Saxon militia.