fuero

fuero

English

Etymology

From Spanish fuero, from Latin forum. Doublet of forum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfwɛəɹəʊ/

Noun

fuero (plural fueros)

1. A code; a charter; a grant of privileges.
2. A custom having the force of law.
3. A declaration by a magistrate.
4. A place where justice is administered.
5. The jurisdiction of a tribunal[1]

References

1. 1859, Alexander Mansfield, Law Dictionary

• fuero in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

• foure

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfu.e.roː/, [ˈfuɛroː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfu.e.ro/, [ˈfuːero]

Verb

fuerō

1. first-person singular future perfect active indicative of sum

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Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish fuero, from Latin forum. Doublet of foro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfweɾo/ [ˈfwe.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: fue‧ro

Noun

fuero m (plural fueros)

1. charter
2. law, local law (especially in Navarra or the Basque Country)
3. (historical, Spain) law, laws
4. (historical) lawbook

   fuero juzgo ― judges' lawbook

5. privilege, a certain immunity
6. jurisdiction

Derived terms

• en su fuero interno
• volver por sus fueros

Further reading

• “fuero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014