Foreign Service
Defined in 3 dictionaries — U.S. Code, Bouvier (1914), Burrill (1850)
United States Code
22 U.S.C. § 3902 — as used in this chapter
“Service” or “Foreign Service” means the Foreign Service of the United States; and
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Servitium forimecum. See Forinsecus.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
[L. Lat. forinsecum servitium.] In old English law. The service by which a mesne lord held over of another, without (foris) the compass of his own fee. Bro. Abr. Tenures, fol. 28, 96, 251. Kitch. 209. Cowell, voc. Foreign. The service which a tenant performed either to his own lord, or to the lord paramount, out of his fee. Called foreign (forinsecum) because it was done and taken without, (foris,) or besides (extra) the service done to the lord paramount. Bract. fol. 36. See Forinsecus, Forinsecum servitium.