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Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

In Spanish Law. The place where tribunals hear and determine causes,— 0®eroendarum litium locus. This* word, according to Varo, is derived from ferendo, and is so called because all lawsuits have reference to things that are vendible, which presupposes the administration of justice to take place in the markets.