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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.