Fourcher

English Law: Fourcher in the Past

A French word, which means to fork. Formerly, when an action was brought against two, who, being jointly concerned, mere not bound to answer till both appeared and they agreed not to appear both in one day; the appearance of one, excused the other’s default, who had a day given him to appear with the other: the defaulter, on the day appointed, appeared; but the first then made default; in this wanner they forked each other and practiced this for delay. Vide 2 Inst. 250; Booth, R. A. 16. [1][rtbs name=”history-of-english-law”]

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1. Partialy, this information about fourcher is based on the Bouvier´s Law Dictionary, 1848 edition. There is a list of terms of the Bouvier´s Law Dictionary, including fourcher.

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