fuero

English

Etymology

Spanish, from Latin forum.

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.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Burrill to this entry?)

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for fuero in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Latin

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfu.e.roː/, [ˈfʊ.ɛ.roː]

Verb

fuerō

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

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin forum. Doublet of foro.

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
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.