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foranus [LL], ~eus 1 concerned w. external (as dist. from domestic) affairs. 1282 quidam se gerunt pro officialibus ‥ archiepiscopi seu commissariis generalibus ejusdem, qui officiales ~ei dici poterunt Peckham Ep. 257; 1525 Gavinus ‥ archiep. Glasg. ac ‥ Scotie ‥ cancellarius officiali nostro ~eo et decano Christianitatis nostre Tevidalie ‥ salutem Form. S. Andr. I 264. 2 from another jurisdiction. c1320 inquiratur ‥ an jura ‥ et libertates ecclesie et capituli in curia tenenda [sint], ballivis foranneis ad execuciones contra libertates nostras faciendum non admittendis Dom. S. Paul. 159*. 3 foreign, from another city or nation. b (as sb. m.) foreigner, person from another town. c (as sb. n. pl.) foreign parts. 11‥ ~eus mercator nequit pannum madidum emere ‥ in urbe (Cust. Lond.) Growth Eng. Ind. 616 (cf. GAS 675: [Lib. Lond.]: mercator ‥ ~us); mercator ~us nequit transgredi spatium iij miliarum extra civitatem Ib. 617; a1155 mercator ‥ ~us [vv. ll. ~eus, extraneus], postquam civitatem introierit ‥ (Lib. Lond. 8) GAS 674; nemo qui manet in civitate extra placitabit nisi de terris ~eis (Cust. Lond.) EHR XVII 711.  b 11‥ ~us non faciat forchep civi (Cust. Lond.) Growth Eng. Ind. 617; a1237 neque debent ‥ aliquid ~eis vendere nec a ~eis emere MGL II 68; 1244 nullus de libero ~eo teneat curiam ad minus quam de xij liberis hominibus MGL I 76; 1254 ~ei, hoc est qui non sunt de castello nec de burgo RGasc I 546; ordinata fuit lex pro ~eis attachiatis in civitate Leg. Ant. Lond. 10; 1448 custodiunt ‥ eas [sc. pisces] ‥ per duos, tres, vel quatuor dies post earum empcionem a ~eis MunAcOx 590.  c 1326 regimen regni sui deserens ad ~ea se transtulit Lit. Cant. I 202. 4 due to someone other than one’s immediate overlord. a1190 concessi dim. carucam terre ‥ quietam ab omni servitio ‥ salvo ~eo servitio Danelaw 341; c1200 concedo ‥ villam ‥ quietam ab omni servitio ‥ salvo ~eo servitio (Ch. Kenilworth) MonA VI 222. 5 (by assoc. w. forum) of a market. b (? as sb. f.) s. dub.. 1473 apud crucem ~eam burgi de Hadington’ Melrose 573.  b 1252 rex nichil ibidem percipere consuevit nisi consuetudinem de mercandisis factis et foranias [sic] que emerserunt de placitis et querelis tempore suo CurR 146 m. 10.

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