Law Dictionary Definitions

forswearing (for-swair-ing), n.1. The act of repudiating or renouncing under oath. 2.PERJURY. — forswear,vb.[Blacks Law 8th]

forspeca (for-spee-k<<schwa>>).PROLOCUTOR(2).[Blacks Law 8th]

forschel (for-sh<<schwa>>l).Hist. A strip of land next to a highway. — Also termed forschet.[Blacks Law 8th]

for-profit corporation.See CORPORATION.[Blacks Law 8th]

forprise (for-prIz).Hist. 1. An exception or reservation. • The term was frequently used in leases and conveyances. “Forprise … [a]n exception or reservation…. We still use it in Conveyances and Leases, wherein Excepted and Forprised is an usual expression.” Thomas Blount, Nomo-Lexicon: A Law-Dictionary (1670). An exaction.[Blacks Law 8th]

fornix (for-niks). [Latin] Hist. 1. A brothel. 2. Fornication.[Blacks Law 8th]

fornication,n.1. Voluntary sexual intercourse between two unmarried persons. • Fornication is still a crime in some states, such as Virginia. 2.Hist. Voluntary sexual intercourse with an unmarried woman. • At common law, the status of the woman determined whether the offense was adultery or fornication — adultery was sexual intercourse between a man, single or…

formulary procedure.Hist. The common-law method of pleading and practice, which required formulaic compliance with the accepted forms of action even if through elaborate fictions. • In the 19th century, this type of procedure was replaced both in the United States and in England. See code pleading under PLEADING(2).[Blacks Law 8th]

formula instruction.See JURY INSTRUCTION.[Blacks Law 8th]

formula deal.An agreement between a movie distributor and an independent or affiliated circuit to exhibit a feature movie in all theaters at a specified percentage of the national gross receipts realized by the theaters.[Blacks Law 8th]