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Webster 1913 Edition


Fuero


Fu-e′ro

,
Noun.
[Sp., fr. L.
forum
.]
(Sp. Law)
(a)
A code; a charter; a grant of privileges.
(b)
A custom having the force of law.
(c)
A declaration by a magistrate.
(d)
A place where justice is administered.
(e)
The jurisdiction of a tribunal.
Burrill.

Definition 2024


fuero

fuero

English

Noun

fuero (plural fueros)

  1. A code; a charter; a grant of privileges.
  2. A custom having the force of law.
  3. A declaration by a magistrate.
  4. A place where justice is administered.
  5. The jurisdiction of a tribunal.
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Latin

Verb

fuerō

  1. first-person singular future perfect active indicative of sum

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin forum

Noun

fuero m (plural fueros)

  1. charter
  2. law, local law (especially in Navarra or the Basque Country)
  3. (historical, Spain) law, laws
  4. (historical) lawbook
  5. privilege, a certain immunity
  6. jurisdiction