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The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
In Spanish law. The place where tribunals hear and determine causes, — exereendarum, litium locus. This word, according to Varro, 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-