Blacks Law Dict. 1st ed

FOREIGN BILL OF EXCHANGE 505

FOREIGN LAWS

FOREIGN DOCUMENT. One which was prepared or executed in, or which cornea from, a foreign state or country. FOREIGN DOMICILE. A domicile established by a citizen or subject of one sovereignty within the territory of another. FOREIGN DOMINION. In English law this means a country which at one time formed part of the dominions of a foreign state or potentate, but which by conquest or cession has become a part of the dominions of the British crown. 5 Best & S. 290. FOREIGN ENLISTMENT ACT. The statute 59 Geo. III. c. 69, prohibiting the enlistment, as a soldier or sailor, in any for eign service. 4 Steph. Comm. 226. A later and more stringent act is that of 33 & 34 Viet. c. 90. FOREIGN EXCHANGE. Drafts drawn on a foreign state or country. FOREIGN FACTOR. A factor who resides in a country foreign to that where his principal resides. FOREIGN-GOING SHIP. By the English merchant shipping act, 1854, (17 & 18 Viet. c. 104,) § 2, any ship employed in trading, going between some place or places in the United Kingdom and some place or places situate beyond the following limits, that is to say: The coasts of the United Kingdom, the islands of Guernsey, Jersey, Sark, Alderney, and Man, and the continent of Europe, between the river Elbe and Brest, inclusive. Home-trade ship includes every ship employed in trading and going between places within the last-mentioned limits. FOREIGN JUDGMENT OR DE CREE. A judgment rendered by the courts of a state or country politically and judicially distinct from that where the judgment or its effect is brought in question. One pro nounced by a tribunal of a foreign country, or of a sister state. FOREIGN JURISDICTION. Any ju risdiction foreign to that of the forum. Also the exercise by a state or nation of jurisdic tion beyond its own territory, the right being acquired by treaty or otherwise. F O R E I G N JURY. A jury obtained from a county other than that in which issue was joined. FOREIGN LAWS. The laws of a for eign country, or of a sister state. Foreign laws are often the suggesting occasions of

FOREIGN BILL OF EXCHANGE. A bil) of exchange drawn in one state or country, upon a foreign state or country. A bill of exchange drawn in one coun try upon another country not governed by the same homogeneous laws, or not governed throughout by the same municipal laws. A bill of exchange drawn in one of the United States upon a person residing in an other state is a foreign bill. See Story, Bills, § 22; 2 Pet. 586; 3 Kent, Comm. 94, note. FOREIGN BOUGHT AND SOLD. A custom in London which, being found prejudicial to sellers of cattle in Smithfleld, was abolished. What ton. FOREIGN CHARITY. One created or endowed in a state or country foreign to that of the domicile of the benefactor. 34 N. J. Eq. 101. FOREIGN COINS. Coins issued as money under the authority of a foreign gov ernment. As to their valuation in the United States, see Rev. St. U. S. §§ 3564, 8565. FOREIGN COMMERCE. Commerce or trade between the United States and for eign countries. The term is sometimes ap plied to commerce between ports of two sis ter states not lying on the same coast, e. g., New York and San Francisco. FOREIGN CORPORATION. A cor poration created by or under the laws of another state, government, or country. FOREIGN COUNTY. Any county hav ing a judicial and municipal organization separate from that of the county where mat ters arising in the former county are called in question, though both may lie within the same state or country. FOREIGN COURTS. The courts of a foreign state or nation. In the United States, this term is frequently applied to the courts of one of the states when their judg ments or records are introduced in the courts of another. FOREIGN CREDITOR. One who re sides in a state or country foreign to that where the debtor has his domicile or his property. FOREIGN DIVORCE. A divorce ob tained out of the state or country where the marriage was solemnized. 2 Kent, Comm. 106, et seq.

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