See Also: ACTIO EXCONDUCTIO, civil law(law)
ACTIO JUDICATI, civil law(law)
ACTIO BONAE FIDEI, civil law(law)
actio(dictionary)
ACTIO PRO SOCIO(law)
ACTIO NON, pleading(law)
ACTIO CONDICTIO INDEBITI(law)
ACTIO COMMODATI DIRECTA(law)
ACTIO COMMODATI CONTRARIA(law)
ACTIO DEPOSITI DIRECTA(law)

ACTIO EXCONDUCTIO, civil law (law) and fob(4) (iou)


ACTIO EXCONDUCTIO, civil law (law)


ACTIO EXCONDUCTIO, civil law. The name of an action which the bailor of athing for hire may bring against the bailee, in order to compel him tothing for hire may bring against the bailee, in order to compel him toredeliver the thing hired. Poth. du Contr. de Louage, n. 59.redeliver the thing hired. Poth. du Contr. de Louage, n. 59.

fob(4) (iou)



fob verb1 trans. Infl. -bb-. LME.
[Cf. German foppen cheat, deceive, quiz, banter.]
Cheat, deceive. (Foll. by of, out of.) LME.
Henry Fielding While everyone else he is fobbing, He still may be honest to me.
Foll. by off:
a. Put off deceitfully, put off with (something inferior); attempt to satisfy with an excuse or pretence; palm (something inferior) off on, pass off (something fraudulent) as. L16.
H. James She was the girl his mother would have fobbed off on him. G. Heyer How could I hope to fob myself off as Evelyn at such a gathering. E. Taylor You wouldn't be fobbed off or coaxed away from a subject. G. Priestland Let nobody try to fob them off with fairy tales about appropriate technology.
b. Remove by deceit. E-M17.
Bring into or bestow on by trickery; pass off on; get up, procure, or promote, by trickery. M17-E19.