Forum

I. I. A court; a jurisdiction; a place where legal redress is sought. Forum qctus: the forum of the place where the thing was done. Forum conscientise: the forum or tribunal of conscience. Forum contentiosnm: a contentious forum; a place of litigation; a court of justice, as distinguished from the tribunal of conscience. Forum contractus: the forum of the contract; the court of the place where a contract is made. Forum domesticum: a domestic forum or tribunal. The visitatorial power is called a. forum domesticum., calculated to determine sine strepitu, all disputes that arise within themselves. Forum domicilii: the forum or court of the domicile; — actoris or rei: the forum of the plaintiff's or the defendant's domicile. Forum ecclesiasticnm: an ecclesiastical or spiritual court, as distinguished from a secular one. Forum ligeantise rei or actoris: the forum of allegiance of the defendant or plaintiff [of the country to which he owes allegiance]. Forum litis motse or fortnitum: the forum where the suit happens to be brought Forum originis: the forum or court of nativity; the domicile of nativity, or place of a person's birth, considered as a place of jurisdiction. Forum regiuni: the king's court Forum rei or rei sitae: the forum where the property is; — gestae: the forum of the place where an act is done, considered as a place of jurisdiction and remedy. Forum saeculare: the secular forum as distinguished from the spiritual or ecclesiastical. Forum sequitur reum: the court follows the defendant