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Old 05-05-2009, 01:44 AM   #5
Seashore
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Default Re: The US Constitution

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Originally Posted by orthodoxymoron View Post
Some say that Washington D.C. operates under the tyrannical Lex Fori.
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... I've never heard of Lex Fori. What is it?
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Originally Posted by orthodoxymoron View Post
I'm still researching Lex Fori...but it seems to involve foreign law superceding local law...in certain circumstances.
It appears to me that lex fori is just a legal term. Here is an online legal dictionary explanation:

"The lex fori, or law of the jurisdiction in which relief is pursued, governs all procedural matters as distinguished from substantive rights."
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