Forum
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States · John Bouvier · 1839
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
signifies jurisdiction, a court of justice, a tribunal. The French divide it into forum exterior which is the authority which human justice exercises on persons and property, to a greater or lesser extent, according to the quality of those to whom it is entrusted; and intertor forum which is the moral sense of justice which a correct conscience indicates. Merlin, Répert. mot For.