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Foris

Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881), Burrill (1850)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

Abroad; out of doors; on the outside of a place; without; extrinsic.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Outside; without; abroad.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Lat. Abroad ; out of doors ; on the outside of a place; without; extrinsic.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

Abroad; out of doors; on the outside of a place; without; extrinsic. © FORISFACERE. Lat. To forfcit; to Iese an estate or other property on account of some criminal or illegal act. To confiscafe. To act beyond the law, 7. ¢., to transgress or infringe the law; to commit an offense or wrong; to do any act against or beyond the law. See Co. Litt. 5¥¢; Du Cange; Spelman. Forisfacere, i. 6., extra lezgem seu consuetudinem facere. Co, Litt. 89. Foris- Jacere, i. e., to do something beyond law or custom.

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

/. Abroad; without; out of doors.

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

Lat. Abroad; outofdoort; on the outside of 2^ place; without; extrinsic.