In common-law practice, a set form of words used in judicial proceedings. In the civil law, an action. Calvin.

Collections of formula, or forms of forensic proceedings andinstruments used among the Franks, and other early continental nations of Europe.Among these the formulary of Marculphus may be mentioned as of considerable interest.Butl.

The fee taken by a lord of his tenant who was bound to bake in thelord’s common oven, (in furno domini,) or for a commission to use his own.

Unlawful sexual intercourse between two unmarried persons.Further, if one of the persons be married and the other not, it is fornication on the partof the latter, though adultery for the former. In

Lat A brothel; fornication.

In Spanish law. An oven. Las Partidas, pt. 3, tit 32, 1. 18.

In Spanish law. The place where tribunals hear and determine causes,

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.

A strip of land lying next to the highway.

Waterfalls. Camden, Brit

An attorney or advocate in a cause. Blount; Whishaw.

In old English law. Prolocutor ; paranymphus.

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 and country.

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 term, includesthe idea

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, or parapet”

A fortress or place of strength, which anciently did not pass without a special grant. 11 Hen. VII. c. 18.

In old Scotch law. A fortalice; a castle. Properly a house or tower which has a battlement or a ditch or moat about it

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 the sum arrested be

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. When a

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 aiding or counseling