In Spanish law. The place where tribunals hear and determine causes,
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FOROS
In Spanish law. Emphyteutic rents. Schm. Civil to, 309.
FORPRISE
An exception; reservation ; excepted; reserved. Anciently, a term offrequent use In leases and conveyances. Cowell; Blount.In another sense, the word la taken for any exaction.
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FORSCHEL
A strip of land lying next to the highway.
FORSES
Waterfalls. Camden, Brit
FORSPEAKER
An attorney or advocate in a cause. Blount; Whishaw.
FORSPECA
In old English law . Prolocutor ; paranymphus.
FORSTAL
See FORESTALL.Forstellarius est pauperum depressor et totius coinmunitntis et patria; pub- llcusiaimicus. 3 Inst. 190. A forestaller is an oppressor of the poor, and a public enemy ofthe whole community […]
FORSWEAR
In criminal law . To make oath to that which the deponent knows to be untrue.This term is wider in its scope than “perjury.” for the latter, as a technical […]
FORSWORN
the term given when a false statement has been made by a person under oath.
FORT
This term means “something more than a mere military camp, post, orstation. The term implies a fortification, or a place protected from attack by some suchmeans as a moat, wall, […]
FORTAEICE
A fortress or place of strength, which anciently did not pass without a special grant. 11 Hen. VII. c. 18.
FORTALITIUM
In old Scotch law . A fortalice; a castle. Properly a house or tower which has a battlement or a ditch or moat about it
FORTHCOMING
In Scotch law. The action by which an arrestment ( garnishment ) ismade effectual. It is a decree or process by which the creditor Is given the right todemand that […]
FORTHCOMING BOND
A bond given to a sheriff who has levied on property, conditionedthat the property shall be forthcoming . i. c., produced, when required. On thegiving of such bond, the goods […]
FORTHWITH
As soon as, by reasonable exertion, confined to the object, a thing may be done. Thus, when a defendant is ordered to plead forthwith, he must plead within twenty-four hours. […]
FORTIA
Force. In old English law .Force used by an accessary, to enable the principal to commit a crime, as by binding orholding a person while another killed him, or by […]
FORTILITY
In old English law . A fortified place; a castle; a bulwark. Cowell; 11 Hen. VII. c. IS.
FORTIOR
Lat. Stronger. A term applied, in the law of evidence , to that species ofpresumption, arising from facts shown in evidence , which Is strong enough to shift theburden of […]
FORTIORI
See A FORTIORI.
FORTIS
Lat. Strong. Fortis et sana, strong and sound; staunch aud strong; as a vessel. Townsh. PI. 227.
FORTLETT
A place or port of some strength ; a little fort. Old Nat Brev. 45.
FORTRESS APPROACH
to disaster proof a facility or position, every possible precaution is taken as a part of a risk avoidance approach.
FORTUIT
In French law . Accidental; fortuitous. Cas fortuit, a fortuitous event Fortuitment, accidentally; by chance.