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forum-selection clause.A contractual provision in which the parties establish the place (such as the country, state, or type of court) for specified litigation between them. — Also termed choice-of-exclusive-forum clause. Cf. CHOICE-OF-LAW CLAUSE. [Cases: Contracts 127(4).C.J.S. Contracts § 237.]

forum seculare (for-<<schwa>>m sek-y<<schwa>>-lair-ee). [Latin] Hist. A secular court. — Also spelled forum saeculare.[Blacks Law 8th]

forum rei sitae (for-<<schwa>>m ree-IsI-tee). [Latin] Hist. The court where the thing or subject-matter in controversy is situated, considered as a place of jurisdiction. — Often shortened to forum rei.[Blacks Law 8th]

forum rei gestae (for-<<schwa>>m ree-Ijes-tee). [Latin] Hist. The forum or court of a res gesta (thing done); the place where an act was done, considered as a place of jurisdiction.[Blacks Law 8th]

forum rei (for-<<schwa>>m ree-I). [Latin] Hist. 1. The forum of the defendant, i.e., the place where the defendant is domiciled or resides. 2.FORUM REI SITAE.[Blacks Law 8th]

forum regium (for-<<schwa>>m ree-jee-<<schwa>>m). [Latin] Hist. The king’s court.[Blacks Law 8th]

forum originis (for-<<schwa>>m <<schwa>>-rij-<<schwa>>-nis). [Latin] Hist. The forum or place of a person’s birth, considered as a place of jurisdiction.[Blacks Law 8th]

forum non conveniens (for-<<schwa>>m non k<<schwa>>n-vee-nee-enz). [Latin “an unsuitable court”] Civil procedure. The doctrine that an appropriate forum — even though competent under the law — may divest itself of jurisdiction if, for the convenience of the litigants and the witnesses, it appears that the action should proceed in another forum in which the action…

forum non competens (for-<<schwa>>m non kom-p<<schwa>>-tenz). [Latin] Hist. An inappropriate court; a court that lacks jurisdiction over a case.[Blacks Law 8th]

forum ligeantiae rei (for-<<schwa>>m lij-ee-an-shee-ee ree-I). [Latin] Hist. The forum of the defendant’s allegiance; the court or jurisdiction of the country to which the defendant owes allegiance.[Blacks Law 8th]