In old English law. A fortified place; a castle; a bulwark. Cowell; 11 Hen. VII. c. IS.

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 proof to the opposite

Lat. Strong. Fortis et sana, strong and sound; staunch aud strong; as a vessel. Townsh. PI. 227.

A place or port of some strength ; a little fort. Old Nat Brev. 45.

In French law. Accidental; fortuitous. Cas fortuit, a fortuitous event Fortuitment, accidentally; by chance.

Accidental; undesigned; adventitious. Resulting from unavoidable physical causes.

In English law. Persons pretending or professing to tell fortunes. and punishable as rogues and vagabonds or disorderly persons. 4 Bl. Comm. 62.

In old English law. A tournament or fighting with spears, and an appeal to fortune therein.

Iu land laws and conveyancing, in those regions where grants, transfers,and deeds are made with reference to the subdivisions of the government survey, thisterm means forty acres of land in the form

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.