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An ambassador or envoy from a foreign country. See Ambas-

“foreign mission” means any mission to or agency or entity in the United States which is involved in the diplomatic, consular, or other activities of, or which is substantially own

By Act Aug. 27, 1894, the director of the mint estimates quarterly “the values of the standard coins in circulation of the various nations,” and, thereafter, quarterly beginning on

Foreign motor carrier.—The term “foreign motor carrier” means a person (including a motor carrier of property but excluding a motor private carrier)— (A) (i) that is domiciled in a

Foreign motor private carrier.—The term “foreign motor private carrier” means a person (including a motor private carrier but excluding a motor carrier of property)— (A) (i) that i

For purposes of this subsection, the term “foreign move” means the commencement of work by the taxpayer at a new principal place of work located outside the United States.

the term “foreign nation” means a country that has become a party to the United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (referred t

As used in this section, the term “foreign national” means— (1) a foreign principal, as such term is defined by section 611(b) of title 22 , except that the term “foreign national”

The term “foreign national client” means a person who is not a United States citizen or national or an alien lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence and who

The term “foreign nonbank financial company” means a company (other than a company that is, or is treated in the United States as, a bank holding company) that is— (i) incorporated

“foreign nonmain proceeding” means a foreign proceeding, other than a foreign main proceeding, pending in a country where the debtor has an establishment;

The department of a government which communicates with foreign powers.

The term “foreign official” means any officer or employee of a foreign government or any department, agency, or instrumentality thereof, or of a public international organization,

“foreign offshore unit” means a facility which is located, in whole or in part, in the territorial sea or on the continental shelf of a foreign country and which is or was used for

The term "foreign oil and gas extraction income" means the taxable income derived from sources without the United States and its possessions from— (A) the extraction (by

For purposes of this paragraph, the term “foreign oil and gas loss” means the amount by which— (I) the gross income for the taxable year from sources without the United States and

The term "foreign oil and gas taxes" means, with respect to any taxable year, the sum of— (A) oil and gas extraction taxes, and (B) any income, war profits, and excess pr

The term "foreign oil related income" means the taxable income derived from sources outside the United States and its possessions from— (A) the processing of minerals ext

The term “foreign opioid trafficker” means— 1 (A) means 1 any foreign person that the President determines plays a significant role in opioid trafficking; and (B) may 1 include— (i

The term “foreign ownership percentage” means that percentage of the stock of the qualified investment entity which was held (directly or indirectly) by foreign persons at the time

For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term “foreign-parented multinational group” means, with respect to any taxable year, two or more entities if— (i) at least one entity is a dom

The term “foreign participant” means the national of a developing or transitional country that is receiving assistance under the program established under subsection (a) who has be

For purposes of this section, the term “foreign partner” means any partner who is not a United States person.

A pauper who has no legal settlement in any place in the state. See 42 Mass. 572.

The term “foreign payment stablecoin issuer” means an issuer of a payment stablecoin that is— (A) organized under the laws of or domiciled in a foreign country, a territory of the

the term “foreign person” means— (A) any individual— (i) who is not a citizen or national of the United States; (ii) who is not a citizen of the Northern Mariana Islands or the Tru

For purposes of subsection (a)(1), the term “foreign personal holding company income” means the portion of the gross income which consists of: (A) Dividends, interest, royalties, r

The term “foreign person controlled by a United States person” includes any noncorporate entity in which United States persons directly or indirectly have more than a 50 per centum

For purposes of this paragraph, the term “foreign person or entity” means— (i) any foreign government, any international organization, or any agency or instrumentality of any of th

See Plea.

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