An adult who agrees to rear the child of another. … [Read more...]

In old English law. A fortified place; a castle; a bulwark. Cowell; 11 Hen. VII. c. 18. … [Read more...]

Lat. A court of justice, or judicial tribunal; a place of jurisdiction ; a place where a remedy is sought; a place of litigation. 3 Story. 347. In Roman law. The market place, or public paved court, in the city of Rome, where such public business was transacted as the assemblies of the people and the judicial trial of causes, and where also elections, markets, and the public … [Read more...]

Latin meaning stronger. A term applied in the law of evidence to that species of presumption arising from facts shown in evidence which Is strong enough to shift the burden of proof to the opposite party. The custody of the law is stronger than that of man. Fortior et potentior est dispositio legis quam bominis. The disposition of the law is of greater force and effect than … [Read more...]

A jurisdiction or court which is convenient or inconvenient. A lawsuit may be dismissed or moved from a forum that is not convenient or inappropriate, e.g. where an accident occurred in state A and the plaintiff and most defendants live in state B with the case being filed in state C, an inconvenient forum. … [Read more...]