Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for FO'RUM
FO'RUM, n. [L. See Fair.]
- In Rome, a public place, where causes were judicially tried, and orations delivered to the people, also, a market place. Hence,
- A tribunal; a court; any assembly empowered to hear and decide causes; also, jurisdiction.
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