fidicent

[L., Fidicina (fi-dis'i-nä), n. [NL. (Amyot and Serville), fidicinal (fi-dis'i-nal), a. [ fidicinalis (fi-dis-i-nā'lis), n.; pl. fidicinales (-lēz). [NL., one of the four little lumbrical muscles in the palm of the hand, the action of which facilitates quick motion of the fingers. See lumbri cal is. fidicinius (fid-i-sin'i-us), n.; pl. fidicinii (-1). [NL.: see fidicinalis.] Same as fidicinalis. a phrase much used in the law of imprisonment for debt and of insolvency and bankruptcy, to indicate the position of the trusted party in relations such as attorney and client, guardian and ward, etc.; the general rule being that, not withstanding the abolition of imprisonment for debt, a liability incurred in a fiduciary capacity may be enforced by arrest and imprisonment, and is not terminated by a discharge in bankruptcy or insolvency. - Fiduciary debt. See debt . II. n.; pl. fiduciaries (-riz). 1. One who holds a thing in trust; a trustee. Prescription transfers the po e ion, and disobliges the fiduciary from restitution. Jer. Taylor , Ductor Dubitantium. 2t. One who depends for salvation on faith without works; an Antinomian. The second obstructive is that of the fiduciary , that faith is the only instrument of his justification, and excludes good works from contributing anything towards it. Hammond . fiel (fi), interj . [Also written fy ; fi , fy , ef. Icel. fy , fei = Sw. Dan. fy , fie (Sw. fy skam , Dan. fy skam dig , fie for shame!), = D. fij = LG. fi = MHG. fi , phi , G. pfui = OF. fi , fy , F. fi , fie; cf. L. phu , fu , also phy , and E. foh , faugh , phew , etc.: natural expre ions of disgust.] An interjection expre ing contempt, dislike, disappro IMG:content-1275.png:[blocks in formation]