Forum \Fo"rum\, 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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