In old English forest law. The court of attachment in forests. or wood-mote court.

Lat. A court of justice, or Judicial tribunal; a place of jurisdiction ; a placewhere a remedy is sought; a place of litigation. 3 Story, 347.In Roman law. The market place, or

In old records. A long slip of ground. Cowell.

One who receives and forwards goods,taking upon himself the expenses of transportation, for which he receives a compensationfrom the owners, having no concern in the vessels or wagons by which theyare transported,

In the civil law. A ditch; a receptacle of water, made by hand. Dig. 43, 14,1, 5.In old English law. A ditch. A pit full of water, in which women committing felony

In old English law. Fosse-work ; or the service of laboring, done by Inhabitants and adjoiningtenants, for the repair and maintenance of the ditches round a city or town, for which some

A dyke, ditch, or trench; a place inclosed by a ditch ; a moat; a canal.

One of the four ancient Roman ways through England. Spelman.

A small ditch. Cowell.

An ancient custom in Ireland, in which persons put away their childrento fosterers. Fostering was held to be a stronger alliance than blood, and the fosterchildren participated in the fortunes of their

Land given, assigned, or allotted to the finding of food or victuals forany person or persons; as in monasteries for the monks, etc. Cowell; Blount.

The remuneration fixed for the rearing of a foster child; also the jointure of a wife. Jacob.

The founding or building of a college or hospital. The incorporationor endowment of a college or hospital is the foundation ; and he who endows it withland or other property is the

Based upon; arising from, growing out of, or resting upon; as in theexpressions “founded in fraud,” “founded on a consideration,” “founded on contract,”and the like. See In re Grant Shoe Co., 130

Founderous; out of repair, as a road. Cro. Car. 300.

A deserted or exposed infant; a child found without a parent orguardian, its relatives being unknown. It has a settlement in the district where found.

Fr. In old French law. An oven or bake-house. Four banal, an oven, owned bythe seignior of the estate, to which the tenants were obliged to bring their bread forbaking. Also the

The face of a written instrument. That which is contained on theface of a deed (without any aid from the knowledge of the circumstances under which itis made) is said to be

The seas surrounding England. These were divided into the Western,including the Scotch and Irish; the Northern, or North sea; the Eastern, being theGerman ocean; the Southern, being the British channel.

Fr. To fork. This was a method of delaying an action anciently resortedto by defendants when two of them were joined in the suit. Instead of appearingtogether, each would appear in turn