Lexicon:Modern/katfoe
| katfoe | |
|---|---|
| Stage | Modern CLT |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkat.fɔɪ/ |
| Part of speech | Verb; Noun |
| Etymology | from Middle katfō, from Proto katfo |
| Related words | Bil o Chatl, Maegistraet |
katfoe — to be caught with proof that admits no denial; evidence of that kind.
Notes
A term of law and of the market. A katfoe is not an accusation but a demonstration — the ledger, the broken seal, the witnessed hand. Magistrates use it formally; a Bill of Chattel produced against a false claim is the classic katfoe. No scholar can say what the second element originally meant, and the Academy has published three competing derivations, none of them correct.