Foreign

That which belongs to another country; that which is strange.

1 Pet. (U. S.) 343.

Every nation is foreign to all the rest; spect to their municipal laws. 2 Wash. C. C. (U. S.) 282; 4 Conn. 517; 6 Conn. 480; 2 Wend. (N. Y.) 411; 1 Dall. (Pa.) 458, 463; 6 Bin. (Pa.) 321; 12 Serg. & R. (Pa.) 203; 2 Hill (S. C.) 319; 1 D. Chip. (Vt.) 303; 7 T. B. Mon. (Ky.) 585; 5 Leigh (Va.) 471; 3 Pick. (Mass.) 293. And in respect to the distinction between foreign and inland bills of exchange.

112 U. S. 696; 41 Me. 302; 102 Mass. 141; 49 N. Y. 269.

But the reciprocal relations between the national government and the several states composing the United States are not considered as foreign, but domestic.

5 Pet. (U. S.) 398; 6 Pet. (U. S.) 317; 9 Pet. (U. S.) 607; 4 Cranch (U. S.) 384; 4 Gill & J. (Md.) 1, 63. —^Foreign Administrator.

An administrator appointed in a state other than that in which the decedent resided. Lee, Admn.

Foreign Answer

An answer not triable in the county where it is made.

St. 15 Hen. VI. c. 5; Blount.

Foreign Apposer

An ofl5cer in the exchequer who examines the sheriff's estreats, comparing them with the records, and apposeth (interrogates) the sheriff what he says to each particular sum therein.

4 Inst. 107; Blount; Cowell, "Foreigne."

The word is written "opposer," "opposeth," by Lord Coke; and this signification corresponds very well to the meaning given by Blount, of examiner (interrogator) of the sheriff's accounts.

Foreign Assignment

An assignment made in a foreign country, or in another state.

2 Kent, Comm. 405 et seq.

Foreign Attachment

A process by virtue of which the property of an absent debtor is seized for the purpose of compelling an appearance, and, in default of that, to pay the claim of the plaintiff. See "Attachment." Foreign Bill of Exchange. A bill of exchange drawn in one state or country, and payable in another.

N. Y. Neg. Inst. Law, § 213.

Foreigji Coins

Coins issued by the authority of a foreign government. There were several acts of congress passed which rendered certain foreign gold and silver coins a legal tender in payment of debts upon certain prescribed conditions as to fineness and weight. In making a report in 1854 on this subject, the late director of the mint,v Mr. Snowden, suggested that there was no propriety or necessity for legalizing the circulation of the coins of other countries, and that in no other nation, except in the case of some colonies, was this mixture of currencies admitted by law, either on the score of courtesy or convenience; and he recommended that if the laws which legalize foreign coins should be repealed, it would be proper to require an annual assay report upon the weight and fineness of such foreign coins as frequently reach our shores, with a view to settle and tion was subsequently repeated, and finally led to the passage of the act of February 21, 1857 (11 U. S. Stat, at Large, 163), the third section of which is as follows: "That all former acts authorizing the currency of foreign gold or silver coins, and declaring the same a legal tender in payment for debts, are repealed; but it shall be the duty of the director of the mint to cause assays to be made from time to time of such foreign coins as may be known to our commerce, to determine their average weight, fineness, and value, and to embrace in his annual report a statement of the results thereof." Foreign Commerce. Commerce or trade between the United States and foreign countries.

Foreign Corporation

A corporation created by or under the laws of another state, government, or country.

2 Rev. St. N. Y. p. 375, § 15.

Foreign County, Another county. It may be in the same kingdom, it will still be foreign. See Blount, "Foreign." Foreign Creditor. One who resides in a different state or country from the debtor.

Foreign Divorce

A divorce granted in a state or country other than that in which one of the parties is domiciled. A divorce granted in a state or country other than that in which its validity is called in question.

Foreign Domicile

A domicile gained in a foreign country.

Foreign Enlistment Act. St. 59 Geo.