FORENSIS
\fˈɔːnsɪs], \fˈɔːnsɪs], \f_ˈɔː_n_s_ɪ_s]\
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In the civil law. Belonging to or connected with a court; forensic.Forcnsis homo, an advocate; a pleader of causes; one who practices in court. Calvin.In old Scotch law. A strange man or stranger; an out-dwelling man; an "unfreeman,"who dwells not within burgh.
By Henry Campbell Black
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).