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  • Foreign Plea

    Definition of Foreign Plea A plea (q.v.) to the jurisdiction of the Court Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Foreign Plea in the Dictionaries, Foreign Plea in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, Browse topics from the European Encyclopedia of […]

  • Foreman

    Definition of Foreman The member of a jury who acts as spokesman Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Foreman in the Dictionaries, Foreman in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, Browse topics from the European Encyclopedia of Law, Browse the […]

  • Medicine

    Definition of Forensic Medicine Medical jurisprudence: that science which teaches the application of every branch of medical knowledge to the purposes of the law (Taylor) Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Forensic Medicine in the Dictionaries, […]

  • Foreshore

    Definition of Foreshore That part of the land adjacent to the sea which is alternately covered and left dry by the ordinary flow of the tides. The property in the foreshore is prima facie vested in the Crown Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription […]

  • Forest

    Definition of Forest The exclusive right of keeping and hunting wild beasts and fowls of forest, chase, park, and warren in a certain territory, with laws and officers of its own, established for the protection of the game. Obsolete Browse You might be interested in these references tools: […]

  • Foreign Enlistment Act, 1870

    Definition of Foreign Enlistment Act, 1870 The Act making it an offence, punishable with fine and imprisonment, for any British subject, without the licence of the Crown, to serve in the military or naval servce of any foreign State at war with any State which is at peace with England, er to […]

  • Forestall

    Definition of Forestall To obstruct a person’s way with force and arms ; also to raise the price of certain goods by holding up supplies, etc Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Forestall in the Dictionaries, Forestall in our legal dictionaries, […]

  • Foreign Jurisdiction Act, 1890

    Definition of Foreign Jurisdiction Act, 1890 The consolidating Act which provided (following the preamble that by treaty, capitulation, grant, usage, sufferance, etc., the Crown has jurisdiction in countries and places outside its dominions) that it should be lawful for the Sovereign to […]

  • Forfeiture

    Definition of Forfeiture The loss of property as a penalty for some act or omission. Formerly a dealing with his estate by a feudal tenant in derogation of the right of his lord, e.g., a feoffment by a tenant for life, was formerly a ground of forfeiture ; the denial of the landlord’s title is…

  • Foreign Office

    Definition of Foreign Office The Government Department of which the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs is the head Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Foreign Office in the Dictionaries, Foreign Office in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, […]