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Webster 1913 Edition
Forum
Fo′rum
,Noun.
pl. E.
Forums
(#)
, L. Fora
(#)
. 1.
A market place or public place in Rome, where causes were judicially tried, and orations delivered to the people.
2.
A tribunal; a court; an assembly empowered to hear and decide causes.
He [Lord Camden] was . . . more eminent in the senate than in the
forum
. Brougham.
Webster 1828 Edition
Forum
FO'RUM
,Noun.
1.
In Rome, a public place, where causes were judicially tried, and orations delivered to the people; also, a market place. Hence,2.
A tribunal; a court; any assembly empowered to hear and decide causes; also, jurisdiction.