FORINSIC
\fɔːɹˈɪnzɪk], \fɔːɹˈɪnzɪk], \f_ɔː_ɹ_ˈɪ_n_z_ɪ_k]\
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In old English law. Exterior ; foreign; extraordinary. In feudal law, theterm "forinsic services" comprehended the payment of extraordinary aids or therendition of extraordinary military services, and in this sense was opposed to "intriusicservices." 1 Reeve, Eng. Law, 273.
By Henry Campbell Black
