Law Dictionary

The term “foreign political party” includes any organization or any other combination of individuals in a country other than the United States, or any unit or branch thereof, havin

Ports of States, other than those of the State where the vessel belongs, are for that purpose considered as foreign ports

The term “foreign power” has the meaning given such term in section 101 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 ( 50 U.S.C. 1801 ). / “Foreign power” means— (1) a fore

Leagues and arrangements made between states and kingdoms, by their ambassadors and ministers, for the mutual advantage of the kingdouis in alliance. Wharton.

the government of a foreign country, a political party of a foreign country, a person domiciled abroad, or any foreign business, partnership, association, corporation, or political

The term “foreign private adviser” means any investment adviser who— (A) has no place of business in the United States; (B) has, in total, fewer than 15 clients and investors in th

Upon the whole, I am clearly of opinion, that the sentence of the court of admiralty at Barbadoes, condemning the brig Fame and her cargo as prize, on account of an attempt to brea

The term “foreign proceeding” means a collective judicial or administrative proceeding in a foreign country, including an interim proceeding, under a law relating to insolvency or

In this section, the term “foreign public accounting firm” means a public accounting firm that is organized and operates under the laws of a foreign government or political subdivi

The term “foreign reciprocating country” means a foreign country (or political subdivision thereof) with respect to which the Secretary has made a declaration pursuant to subsectio

“foreign record of regularly conducted activity” means a memorandum, report, record, or data compilation, in any form, of acts, events, conditions, opinions, or diagnoses, maintain

The term “foreign related person” means, with respect to any expatriated entity, a foreign person which— (A) is related (within the meaning of section 267(b) or 707(b)(1)) to such

The term “foreign representative” means a person or body, including a person or body appointed on an interim basis, authorized in a foreign proceeding to administer the reorganizat

For purposes of this section, the term “foreign research or experimental expenditures” means, with respect to any taxable year, research or experimental expenditures which are paid

The term “foreign sale and leasing income” means, with respect to any transaction— (A) foreign trade income properly allocable to activities which— (i) are described in paragraph (

The term “foreign securities authority” means any foreign government, or any governmental body or regulatory organization empowered by a foreign government to administer or enforce

The seizure of an American vessel within the territorial jurisdiction of a foreign power, is certainly an offence against that power, which must be adjusted between the two governm

“Service” or “Foreign Service” means the Foreign Service of the United States; and

the term “Foreign Service employee” means any member of the Service or United States representative to an international organization or commission; and

that whereby a mesne lord held of another, without the compass of his own fee, or that which the tenant performed either to his own lord or to the lord paramount out of the fee. (K

“Foreign Service normal cost” means the level percentage of payroll required to be deposited in the Fund to meet the cost of benefits payable under the System (computed in accordan

The term “Foreign Service officer” has the meaning given that term in section 103 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 ( 22 U.S.C. 3903 ).

“Foreign Service of the United States” means the Foreign Service as constituted under the Foreign Service Act of 1980.

The term "foreign source" means a business entity other than a "domestic source".

The term “foreign source capital gain net income” means the lesser of— (i) capital gain net income from sources without the United States, or (ii) capital gain net income.

The term “foreign source net capital gain” means the lesser of— (i) net capital gain from sources without the United States, or (ii) net capital gain.

For the purposes of this subsection, the term “foreign spent nuclear fuel” shall include any nuclear fuel irradiated in any nuclear power reactor located outside of the United Stat

an "agency or instrumentality of a foreign state.

As to suits brought by a foreign State, we think that the States of the Union retain the same immunity that they enjoy with respect to suits by individuals whether citizens of the

The term “foreign subsidiary” means any subsidiary of a member of SIPC which has its principal place of business in a foreign country or which is organized under the laws of a fore

any organization directed, dominated or controlled directly or indirectly by a foreign government which engages in or advocates, abets, advises, or teaches, or a purpose of which i

For purposes of this section, the term “foreign tax redetermination” means any redetermination for which a notice is required under subsection (c) of section 905 or paragraph (2) o

“foreign territory” means an area— (A) over which no government or a government of a foreign country has sovereignty; (B) temporarily under military occupation by the United States

In this section, the term “foreign terrorist organization” means an entity designated as a foreign terrorist organization by the Secretary of State pursuant to section 219 of the I

"foreign terrorist power" means a terrorist organization designated under section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, or a state sponsor of terrorism designated u

In General.—In this title, the terms “foreign commerce” and “foreign trade” mean commerce or trade between a place in the United States and a place in a foreign country.

The term “foreign trade income” means the taxable income of the taxpayer attributable to foreign trading gross receipts of the taxpayer.

For purposes of this subsection, the term “foreign trade zone” includes a subzone.

The term “foreign communication” or “foreign transmission” means communication or transmission from or to any place in the United States to or from a foreign country, or between a

The term “foreign treaty country” means a foreign country for which the 2007 Family Maintenance Convention is in force.

The grant of permission to foreign troops to cross any part of the United States has been frequently considered by the federal executive. In 1790, Washington, having advised on the

The term “foreign trust” means any trust other than a trust described in subparagraph (E) of paragraph (30).

The term "foreign use" means any use, consumption, or disposition which is not within the United States.

In this section, the term "foreign vessel" has the meaning given that term in section 110 of title 46. / In this title, the term “foreign vessel” means a vessel of foreig

A voyage whose termination is within a foreign country. 8 Kent 177. The length of the voyage has no effect in determining its character, but only the place of destination; 1 Stor.

Foreign it certainly is not, if by such appellation is understood a bill drawn upon country under a totally distinct and independent sovereignty and allegiance. Inland it is not, i

By U. S. R. S. $ 4370, tugboats towing in whole or in part in foreign waters are exempt from a penalty therein imposed on foreign tugboats for towing vessels of the United States.

a person claiming under a will proved in one State, cannot intermeddle with, or sue for, the effects of a testator in another State, unless the will be proved in that other State,

An old form of "foreign" (q. V.) Blount.

Forrein, Forreine, Foreyn. L. Fr. [from Lat. forinsecus, q. v.] Foreign; belonging without. Home forein; a foreign person. Stat. Westm. 1, c. 23. Forreine counties. Id. c. 46. Et v

To deprive a man of the thing in question by sentence of court. Among foreign writers, says Blount, forejudge is to banish, to expel. In this latter sense, the word is also used in

An officer of the court who is expelled the same, is, in the English law, said to be forejudged the court. Cunn. Dict. h. t.

In English practice. A judgment by which a man is deprived or put out of a thing; a judgment of expulsion or banishment. See "Forejudge."

The presiding member of a grand or petit jury.

In a jury of women this word corresponds to the foreman of a jury. She was sworn in separately; 8 Carr. & P. 264.

Belonging to courts of justice.

Medical jurisprudence. "That science which teaches the application of every branch of medical knowledge to the purposes of the law; hence its limits are, on the one hand, the requi

Forensic; belonging to court. forensis homo, a man engaged in causes. A pleader; an advocate. Vicat; Calv. Lex.

Before the Norman Conquest, an oath required of the complainant in Pollock, 1 Sel. Essays Anglo-Amer. Leg. Hist 93.

Lat. [from Sax. fore, before, or in front.] In old English law. Land lying before, or in front of othef land; a foreland;* a headland, {terra capitalis.) Coweil, Spelman. A piece o

Prepaid rent.

A first right to inherit.

Is used in Scotch law as aforesaid is in English, and sometimes, in a plural form, foresaids. 2 How. State Tr. 715. Forsaidis occurs in old Scotch records. "The Loirdis assesouris

Used in Scotch law as "aforesaid" is in English, and sometimes, in a plural form, "foresaids." 2 How. St. Tr. 715. "Foresaidis" occurs in old Scotch records. "The Loirdis assesouri

Forsaken; Cowell.

That part of the land adjacent to the sea which is alternately covered and left dry by the ordinary flow of the tides, i. e., by the medium line between the greatest and least rang

The term “Forest” means the Hawaii Experimental Tropical Forest. / “forest” means an ecosystem of at least one acre in size, including timberland and woodland, which— (A) is charac

Duties exacted by the royal foresters.

A tribute payable to the king's foresters. Cowell. Blount. To beset the way of a tenant so as to prevent his coming on the premises. 3 Bl. Comm. 170. To intercept a deer on his way

Relating to royal forests.

To obstruct a highway; see also Forestalling.

One who committed the offense of forestalling.

One who oommlts the offense of forestalling. Used, also, to denote the crime itself, namely, the obstruction of the highway, or hindering a tenant from coming to his land. 3 Bl. Co

Forstaller. [L. Lat. forstallator, forstallarius.] One who forestalls, or is guilty of the offence of forestalling. See Forestalling, Forstallarius.

Obstructing the way; intercepting a person on the highway.

Buying victuals on their way to the market before they reach it, with the intent to sell again at a higher price. Cowell; Blount; 4 Bl. Comm. 158. Every device or practice, by act,

A forester; an officer who takes care of the woods and forests. De forestario apponevdo, a writ which lay to appoint a forester to prevent further commission of waste when a tenant

In English law. Courts instituted for the government of the king's forests in different parts of the kingdom, ^nd for the punishment of all injuries done to the king's deer or veni

The term “forest-damaging insect” means— (A) a Southern pine beetle; (B) a mountain pine beetle; (C) a spruce bark beetle; (D) a gypsy moth; (E) a hemlock woolly adelgid; (F) an em

The term “forest development roads and trails” means forest roads and trails under the jurisdiction of the Forest Service.

A sworn offiter of the forest, appointed by the king's letters patent to walk the forest, watching both the vert and the venison, attaching and presenting all trespassers against t

For purposes of this subsection, the term “forester intern” means an Indian or Alaska Native who— (A) is acquiring necessary academic qualifications to become a forester or a profe

The term “forest highway” has the meaning given the term in section 101(a) of title 23 .1

“forest land management activities” means all activities performed in the management of Indian forest lands, including— (A) all aspects of program administration and executive dire

The term “forest land management activity” means any activity described in section 304(4) of the National Indian Forest Resources Management Act ( 25 U.S.C. 3103(4) ).

“forest lands” means lands designated as forest lands pursuant to section 544d of this title ;

The laws pertaining to the royal forests.

The royal grant of the right to hunt in forests.

The term "forest management activity" means a project carried out by the Secretary on National Forest System land.

“forest management plan” means the principal document, approved by the Secretary, reflecting and consistent with a tribal integrated resource management plan, which provides for th

the term “forest plan” means the land and resource management plan for the Six Rivers National Forest prepared pursuant to section 1604 of this title; / The term “forest plan” mean

The term “forest product” means a product made from materials derived from the practice of forestry or the management of growing timber. / The term “forest product” includes— (i) p

Forest products.—The term “forest products” includes lumber in bundles, rough timber, ties, poles, piling, laminated beams, bundled siding, bundled plywood, bundled core stock or v

The term "forest, rangeland, and watershed restoration services" means— (i) activities to treat insect- and disease-infected trees; (ii) activities to reduce hazardous fu

The term “forest resources” shall include esthetics, fish and wildlife, forage, outdoor recreation opportunities, timber, and water; and / “forest resources” means all the benefits

The term “forest road or trail” means a road or trail wholly or partly within, or adjacent to, and serving the National Forest System that is necessary for the protection, administ

The term "Forest Service" means the United States Forest Service of the Department of Agriculture.

“forest trespass” means the act of illegally removing forest products from, or illegally damaging forest products on, forest lands;

In Scotch law. Murder committed in consequence of a previous design. Ersk. bk. 4, tit. 4, c. 50; Bell, Diet.