Forurth
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
A long slip of ground. Cowell.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In old records, A long slip of ground. Cowell.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
In old records. A long slip of ground. Cowell. F09. stag. sepe. qne vi. diversi cursiu aqna^UA, Poflcunt aasiflam; mercatum, feria, bancum. A Latin couplet, artificially constructed of words and parts of words, anciently used as an aid to the memory, to show in what courts certain kinds of disseisin by nuisance were cognizable. By writing the abbreviated words at length, the following sentence is produced: Fossatum, stagnum, sepesqiie, via, diversi cursus aquarum, poscunt assisam; mercatum,feria, bancum. In literal English, — ditch, pool, hedge, way, diverted water courses, require the assise; market and fair, the bench: that is, dissei* sins by digging a ditch, raising or lowering a pond, building or throwing down a hedge, obstructing or narrowing a road, and diverting a water course, must be determined before the justices of assise; disseisins of a market and fair, before the bench, (that is the court of common bench, or common pleas.) Beg. Grig. 199, nota.