In English law. Rent payable in advance; or, more properly, a species of premium or bonus paid by the tenant on the making of the lease, and particularly on the renewal of leases by ecclesiastical corporations. … [Read more...]

Aliens; persons born in another country than the United States, who have not been naturalized. … [Read more...]

Belonging to another nation or country; belonging or attached to another jurisdiction; made, done, or rendered in another state or jurisdiction; subject to another jurisdiction; operating or solvable in another territory; extrinsic; outside; extraordinary. Foreign answer. In old English practice. An answer which was not triable in the county where it was made. (St 15 Hen. VI. c … [Read more...]

An old form of foreign, (q. v.) Blount … [Read more...]

An assignment made in a foreign country or in another state. … [Read more...]