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  • FORNAGIUM
    The fee taken by a lord of his tenant who was bound to bake in the lord's common oven, (in furno domini,) or for a commission to use his own.
  • FORNICATION
    Unlawful sexual intercourse between two unmarried persons. Further, if one of the persons be married and the other not, it is fornication on the part of the latter, though adultery for the former. In some jurisdictions, however, by statute, it Is adultery on the part of both persons if the More...
  • FORNIX
    Lat. A brothel; fornication.
  • FORNO
    In Spanish law. An oven. Las Partidas, pt. 3, tit 32, 1. 18.
  • FORO
    In Spanish law. The place where tribunals hear and determine causes,-exer-cendarum litium locus.
  • FOROS
    In Spanish law. Emphyteutic rents. Schm. Civil Law, 309.
  • FORPRISE
    An exception; reservation,; excepted; reserved. Anciently, a term of frequent use in leases and conveyances. Cowell; Blount In another sense, the word is taken for any exaction.
  • FORSCHEL
    A strip of land lying next to the highway.
  • FORSES
    Waterfalls. Camden, Brit.
  • FORSPEAKER
    An attorney or advocate in a cause. Blount; Whishaw.
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