Foreign laws
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Case Law, Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
Definitions from Case Law
From 6 U.S. 187 - Church v. Hubbart · 1804Most cited · 143 citing opinions
Foreign laws are well understood to be facts which must, like other facts, be proved to exist before they can be received in a court of justice. The principle that the best testimony shall be required which the nature of the thing admits of; or in other words, that no testimony shall be received which presupposes better testimony attainable by the party who offers it, applies to foreign laws as it does to all other facts. The sanction of an oath is required for their establishment, unless they can be verified by some other such high authority that the law respects it not less than the oath of an individual.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
The laws of a foreign country, or of a sister state. People v. Martin, 38 Misc. Rep. 67, 76 N. Y. Supp. 953; Bank of Chillicothe v. Dodge, 8 Barb. (N. Y.) 233. Foreign laws are often the suggesting occasions of changes in, or additions to, our own laws, and in that respect are called "jus receptum." Brown.
Defined under Law in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
The laws of a forchanges In, or additions to, our own laws, and in that respect are called “jus receptum.” Brown.