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forisfactum (for-is-fak-t<<schwa>>m), adj.[Law Latin] Hist. (Of property) forfeited. [Blacks Law 8th]

forisfacere (for-is-fay-s<<schwa>>-ree), vb. [fr. Latin foris “without” + facere “to make”] Hist. 1.To forfeit (an estate or other property). • Literally, this means to make the property foreign to oneself. 2. To violate the law; to do a thing against or without the law. [Blacks Law 8th]

forisbannire (for-is-b<<schwa>>-nI-ree), vb. [Law Latin “to banish”] Hist. To expel from a certain territory; to banish. [Blacks Law 8th]

forisbanitus (for-is-ban-<<schwa>>-t<<schwa>>s). See FORBANNITUS. [Blacks Law 8th]

foris (for-is), adj.[Latin] Abroad; outdoors; without. [Blacks Law 8th]

forinsecus (f<<schwa>>-rin-s<<schwa>>-k<<schwa>>s), adv.[fr. Latin foris “without”] Hist. On the outside. forinsecus (f<<schwa>>-rin-s<<schwa>>-k<<schwa>>s), n.[Latin] Hist. A foreigner; someone from another jurisdiction. [Blacks Law 8th]

forinsec service (f<<schwa>>-rin-sik).Hist. The feudal services owed by a mesne (i.e., intermediate) lord, esp. those of a military nature. — Also termed foreign service; forinsecum servitium. Cf. INTRINSEC SERVICE. “The terminology of Bracton’s day and of yet earlier times neatly expresses the distinction between the service which the tenant owes to his immediate lord by…

fori disputationes (for-I dis-pyoo-tay-shee-oh-neez). [Latin “arguments of the court”] Roman law. Arguments or discussions before a court. [Blacks Law 8th]

forgery,n.1. The act of fraudulently making a false document or altering a real one to be used as if genuine <the contract was void because of the seller’s forgery>. — Also termed false making. Though forgery was a misdemeanor at common law, modern statutes typically make it a felony. [Cases: Forgery 1.] 2. A false…

forfeiture clause. 1. A contractual provision stating that, under certain circumstances, one party must forfeit something to the other. • Forfeiture clauses are often held to be void, although they are similar to conditions and other qualifications of estates in land. 2.NO-CONTEST CLAUSE. [Blacks Law 8th]