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for·eign adj: not being within the jurisdiction of a political unit (as a state); esp: being from or in a state other than the one in which a matter is being considereda foreign company doing business in South Carolinaa foreign executor submitting to the jurisdiction of this courta foreign judgment compare domestic
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.
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adventicius, alien, attached to another jurisdiction, belonging to another country, detached, different, disconnected, dissociated, distant, externus, extraneous, extrinsic, independent, nonresident, not indigenous, not native, outside, peregrine, peregrinus, remote, separate, strange, subject to another jurisdiction, unaffiliated, unallied, unassociated, unconnected, unfamiliar, unrelated, unusual, without connection
associated concepts: foreign bills, foreign commerce, foreign corporation, foreign divorce, foreign judgment, foreign jurisdiction, foreign laws, foreign notes, foreign patents, foreign state
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apart, different, extraneous, extrinsic, inapplicable, inapposite, irrelevant, novel, obscure (remote), peculiar (curious), unaccustomed, unrelated
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
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adj.From another country, state, or jurisdiction.
The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008.
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adj. Relating to another country or jurisdiction.
Webster's New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000.
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That which belongs to, or operates in accordance with, another nation, territory, state, or jurisdiction, as in the case of nonresident trustees, corporations, or persons.
Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.
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That which belongs to, or operates in accordance with, another nation, territory, state, or jurisdiction, as in the case of nonresident trustees, corporations, or persons.
Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.
