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for cause.For a legal reason or ground. • The phrase expresses a common standard governing the removal of a civil servant or an employee under contract. — for-cause,adj.[Blacks Law 8th]

forbidden departure.See DEPARTURE.[Blacks Law 8th]

forbidden degree.See prohibited degree under DEGREE.[Blacks Law 8th]

forbearance,n.1. The act of refraining from enforcing a right, obligation, or debt. • Strictly speaking, forbearance denotes an intentional negative act, while omission or neglect is an unintentional negative act. 2. The act of tolerating or abstaining. — forbear,vb.[Blacks Law 8th]

forbatudus (for-b<<schwa>>-t[y]oo-d<<schwa>>s). [Law Latin] Hist. A person who provokes — and dies in — a fight.[Blacks Law 8th]

forbarre (for-bahr), vb. [Law French] Hist. To preclude; to bar out; to estop.[Blacks Law 8th]

forbannitus (for-ban-<<schwa>>-t<<schwa>>s). [Law Latin] Hist. 1.A pirate; an outlaw. 2. One who was banished. — Also termed forisbanitus.[Blacks Law 8th]

forathe (for-ayth).Hist. In forest law, one who can make an oath or bear witness for another.[Blacks Law 8th]

foraneus (f<<schwa>>-ray-nee-<<schwa>>s), n.[fr. Latin foris “without”] Hist. A foreigner; an alien; a stranger.[Blacks Law 8th]

foraneous (f<<schwa>>-ray-nee-<<schwa>>s), adj.[fr. Latin forum “marketplace”] Of or relating to a court or marketplace.[Blacks Law 8th]