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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.

That which belongs to another country; that which is strange. Spratt v. Spratt, 1 Pet. (U. S.) 343, 7 L. Ed. 171. Every nation is foreign to all the rest; and the several states of the American Union are foreign to each other, with respect to their municipal laws. 1 Wash. C. C. 282, Fed. Cas. No. 2,272; Brackett v. Norton, 4 Conn. 517, 10 Am. Dec. 179; Packard v. Hill, 2 Wend. (N. Y.) 411; Kean v. Rice, 12 S. & R. (Pa.) 203; Taylor v. Bank, 7 T. B. Monr. (Ky.) 585; Taylor's Adm'r v. Bank, 6 Leigh (Va.) 471; Inhabitants of Raynham v. Inhabitants of Canton, 3 Pick. (Mass.) 293; The Lulu, 10 Wall. (U. S.) 192, 19 L. Ed. 906; Negus v. Simpson, 99 Mass. 388. But the reciprocal relations between the national government and the several states are not considered as foreign, but domestic; Hinde v. Vattier, 6 Pet. (U. S.) 398, 8 L. Ed. 168; Leland v. Wilkinson, 6 Pet. (U. S.) 317, 8 L. Ed. 412; Owings v. Hull, 9 Pet. (U. S.) 607, 9 L. Ed. 246; Young v. Bank, 4 Cra. (U. S.) 384, 2 L. Ed. 655; Chesapeake & O. Canal Co. v. R. Co., 4 Gill & J. (Md.) 1, 63.

Belonging to another nation or country; belonging or attached to another jurisdiction; made, done or rendered in another state or Jurisdiction; subject to another jurisdiction; operating or solvable in another territory; extrinsic; outside; extraordinary.

— Foreign answer. In old English practice. An answer which was not triable in the county where it was made. (St 15 Hen. VI. c. 5.) Blount.

— Foreign apposer. An officer in the exchequer who examines the sheriff's estreat, comparing them with the records, and apposeth (interrogates) the sheriff what he says to each particniar sum therein. 4 Inst. 107; Blount; Cowell.

— Foreign bought and sold. A custom in London which, being found prejudicial to sellers of cattle in Smithfield, was abolished. Wharton.

— Foreign coins. Coins issued as money under the authority of a foreign government. As to their valuation in the United States, see Rev. St U. S. §§ 3564, 3565 (U. S. Comp. St. 1901, pp. 2375, 2376).

— Foreign eonrts. The courts of a foreign state or nation. In the United States, this term is frequently applied to the courts of one of the states when their judgments or records are introduced in the courts of another.

— Foreign Dominion. In English law this means a country which at one time formed part of the dominions of a foreign state or potentate, but which by conquest or cession has become a part of the dominions of the British crown. 5 Best & S. 290.

— Foreign enlistment act. The statute 59 Geo. III. c. 69, prohibiting the enlistment, as a soldier or sailor, in any foreign service. 4 Steph. Comm. 226. A later and more stringent act is that of 33 & 34 Viet. c. 90.

— Foreign exchange. Drafts drawn on a foreign state or country.

— Foreign-going ship. By the English merchant shipping act, 1854, (17 & 18 Viet. c. 104,) § 2, any ship employed in trading, going between some place or places in the United Kingdom and some place or places situate beyond the following limits, that is to say: The coasts of the Uhited Kingdom, the islands of Guernsey, Jersey, Sark, Alderney, and Man. and the continent of Europe, between the river Elbe and Brest, inclusive. Home-trade ship includes every ship employed in trading and going between places within the last-mentioned limits.

— Foreign matter. In old practice. Matter triable or done in another county. Cowell.

— Foreign office. The department of state through which the English sovereign communicates with foreign powers. A secretary of state is at its head. Till the middle of the last century, the functions of a secretary of state as to foreign and home questions were not disunited.

— Foreign service, in feudal law. that whereby a mesne lord held of another, without the compass of his own fee, or that which the tenant performed either to his own lord or to the lord paramount out of the fee. (Kitch. 299 ) Foreign service seems also to be used for knight's service, or escuage uncertain. (Perk. 650.) Jacob. As to foreign "Administrator," "Assignment," "Attachment," "Bili of Exchange," "Charity," "Co.mmerce," "Corporation," "Co.unty," "Creditor," "Divorce," "Document," "Domiclle," "Factor," "Judgment," "Jurisdiction," "Jury," "Minister," "Pica," "Port," "State," "Vessel," and "Voyage," see those titles.

Belonging toanother nation or country; belonging or attached to another jurisdiction; made, done, or rendered in another state or jurisdiction; subject to another jurisdiction; operating or solvable in another territory; extrinsic; outside; extraordinary.

1. That which belongs or pertains to another country, nation, or sovereignty; or to another State, or division of a State.* As, foreign or a foreign — administrator, allegiance, assignment, attachment, charity, coin, commerce or trade, corporation, county, court, creditor, decree, divorce, document, domicil, exchange or bill of exchange, factor, guardian, judgment or sentence, law, minister, patent, port, vessel, voyage, qq. v. Foreigner. A citizen or subject of another country or nation; an alien, q. v. A naturalized citizen is no longer a foreigner.' See Bankruptcy; Citizenship; Copyright; Patent, 3. 2. Irrelevant; impertinent; extrinsic; not germane: as, matter or testimony foreign to the issue. Compare Aliunde; Dehors.

Forein. [from L. Fr.forein, foret/n, forain; Lat forinseeus; from forts, without, on the outside.] That which is without or beyond the limits of a particular territory, district or jurisdiction; as a foreign nation, a foreign state, a foreign countffp (qq. v.) That which belongs without, or to another jurisdiction; as foreign matter, a foreign answer, (qq. v.) That which originates or comes from without or abroad, or is subject to another jurisdiction; as & foreigner, (q. v.) That which is done or transacted without, or in another territory or jurisdiction; as a foreign assignment, a foreign judgment, a foreign marriage, (qq. v.) That which operates without, or in another territory or jurisdiction; that which goes abroad; as a foreign bill of exchange, (q. t.) Extrinsic or irrelevant; belonging elsewhere; ij^. Yr. dehors.) Extraordinary or extra. See Foreign Apposer. It was argued in Spratt v. Spratt, (I Feters' R. 343,) that foreign properly siffnified that which had an origin abroad; and the derivation of the word from forit, (without,) and origo, (origin,) was relied on. But this seems hardly so good an etymology as foris and regnum, which has also been given. Both these conjectures appear to be based entirely on the presence of the letter g, which, however, is a mere variation of spelling /oreen, (as darreign was of dar* rein,) the word itself being essentially French. Foreign or forein, (as it is written by Blount) seems clearly derived, by the simple process of contraction, from the Lat. forinseeus, the signification of which was by no means limited to the idea of origin. See Forinseeus. Foreign, in common speech, has, in most of its applications, the sense of remoteness. But this idea has never entered into its legal meaning. Hence, in American law, the several states of the Union are, in certain points of view, foreign states to each other, though the states to which the term is applied may be immediately adjacent See Foreign state. So each county in a state, considered with reference to the others, is a foreign county. See Foreign county. And in old English law the term was applied to still smaller subdivisions, as a lord's fee; and even to an outside ridge or furrow of land. See Foreign service, Forinseeus.