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    Forum , n.; pl. E. Forums , L. Fora . [L.; akin to foris, foras, out of doors. See Foreign.]
    1. A market place or public place in Rome, where causes were judicially tried, and orations delivered to the people.
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    2. A tribunal; a court; an assembly empowered to hear and decide causes.
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      He [Lord Camden] was . . . more eminent in the senate than in the forum.
      Brougham.

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