Legal Term: FOREIGN

Definition: That which belongs to another country, that which is strange. 1 Peters, R. 343.

2. Every nation is foreign to all the rest, and the several states of the American Union are foreign to each other, with respect to their municipal laws. 2 Wash. R. 282, 4 Conn. 517, 6 Conn. 480, 2 Wend. 411 1 Dall. 458, 463 6 Binn. 321, 12 S. & R. 203, 2 Hill R. 319 1 D. Chipm. 303 7 Monroe, 585 5 Leigh, 471, 3 Pick. 293.

3. But the reciprocal relations between the national government and the several states composing the United States are not considered as foreign, but domestic. 9 Pet. 607, 5 Pet. 398, 6 Pet. 317, 4 Cranch, 384, 4 Gill & John. 1, 63. Vide Attachment, for foreign attachment, Bill of exchange, for foreign bills of exchange, Foreign Coins, Foreign Judgment, Foreign Laws, Foreigners.

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