a. Obs. exc. Hist. Also 8 erron. forensic. [ad. L. (servitium) forinsecum, med.L. (adj.) f. L. forinsecus (adv.) out of doors, f. foris + secus, after the analogy of extrinsecus.]
Only in forinsec service = ‘foreign service’: see FOREIGN a. 11.
1741. Chambers, Cycl., s.v. Service.… Forensic, or extrinsic, Service … was a service which did not belong to the chief lord, but to the king.
1855. Brichan, Orig. Paroch. Scot., II. II. 406. Every other service except the forinsec service of the King when required.
