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When a plaintiff chooses between two or more courts that would have jurisdiction over a lawsuit and selects the most beneficial court. If the defendant objects that the forum is inconvenient, there are processes the court undertakes to determine what would be most fair, for example, the distance of the court to where the accident occurred and witness may live. … [Read more...]

FORTIORI OR A FORTIORI

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An epithet for any conclusion or inference, which is much stronger than another. If it be so, in a feoffment passing a new right, a fortiori, much more is it for the restitution of an ancient right. Co. Litt. 253, 260. … [Read more...]

FORURTH

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In old records. A long slip of ground. Cowell. … [Read more...]

FORTIS

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Lat. Strong. Fortis et sand, strong and sound; staunch and strong; as a vessel. Townsh. PI. 227. … [Read more...]

FORWARDING MERCHANT

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contracts. A person who receives and forwards goods, taking upon himself the expenses of transportation, for which he receives a compensation from the owners, but who has no concern in the vessels or wagons by which they are transported, and no interest in the freight. Such an one is Dot deemed a common carrier, but a mere warehouseman or agent. 12 Johns. 232; 7 Cowen's R. 497. … [Read more...]

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