Foreign Answer
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
An answer not triable in the county where it is made. Stat. 15 Hen. VI. c. 5; Blount.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In old English practice. An answer which was not triable in the county where it was made. (St 15 Hen. VI. c. 5.) Blount.
Defined under Foreign in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In old English practice. An answer which was not triable in the county where it was made. (St. 15 Hen, VI. c. 5.) Blount. a FOREIGN APPOSER. An officer 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.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
[L. Lat/orwiseca responsio.'] In old English practice. An answer which was not triable in the county where it was made. Stat. 15 Hen. VI. c. 6. Cowell, voc. Foreign.