Law Dictionary Definitions

forward contract.See CONTRACT.[Blacks Law 8th]

forward confusion.See CONFUSION.[Blacks Law 8th]

forward and backward at sea.Marine insurance. From port to port in the course of a voyage, and not merely from one terminus to the other and back.[Blacks Law 8th]

for use.For the benefit or advantage of another. See USE.[Blacks Law 8th]

forum state.Conflict of laws. The state in which a suit is filed.[Blacks Law 8th]

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]