Law. Also 5 forjugger, 8–9 forejudger. [a. Anglo-Fr. forjuger = OF. forjugier pres. inf. (see FORJUDGE v.) used as sb.; cf. DEMURRER.] A judgment or sentence of deprivation, expulsion, or banishment. Applied spec. to the ousting of a mesne lord by a writ of mesne.

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1496–7.  Act 12 Hen. VII., c. 11 § 1. The seid Acte … of … forjugger and forfeiture.

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1628.  Coke, On Litt., II. vi. § 142. 100. Foriudger in that case is not given against his heire.

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1641.  in Termes de la Ley, 164.

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1850.  in Burrill, Law Dict.

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  transf.  1716.  M. Davies, Athen. Brit., II. To the Reader, p. xxiii. The Insatiable Rich and Wealthy Worldlings … consequently become Drum- and Trumpet-Proof to the sacred Forejudgers, Mat. 25. 41, 42, 43, 45. Luke 14. 13, 21 [etc.].

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