n.; pl. E. Forums L. Fora [ L.; akin to foris, foras, out of doors. See Foreign. ] 1. A market place or public place in Rome, where causes were judicially tried, and orations delivered to the people. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. A tribunal; a court; an assembly empowered to hear and decide causes. [ 1913 Webster ]
He [ Lord Camden ] was . . . more eminent in the senate than in the forum. Brougham. [ 1913 Webster ]