FUER O. In Spanish Law. Compilations or general codes of law.
The usages and customs which, in the course of time, had acquired the force of un written law.
Letters of privilege and exemption from payment of certain taxes, etc.
Charters granted to cities or towns on con ditiOn of their paying certain dues to the owner of the land of which they had enjoy ment.
Acts of donation granted by some lord or proprietor in favor of individuals, churches, or monasteries.
Ordinances passed by magistrates in rela tion to the dues, fines, etc., payable by the members of a community.
Letters emanating from the king or some superior lord, containing the ordinances and laws for the government of cities and towns, etc.
This term has many and very various meanings, as is shown above, and is some times used in other significations beside those here given. See, also, Schmidt, Span. Law 64; Escriche, Diet. Razz. Fuero.
Fuero de Castilla. The body of laws and customs which formerly governed the Cas tilians.
Fuero de Correos y Caminos. A special tri• bunal taking cognizance of all matters re lating to the post-office and roads.
Fuero de Guerra. A special tribunal tak ing cognizance of all matters in relation to persons serving in the army.
Fuero Juzgo. The code of laws establish ed by the Visigoths for the government of Spain, many of whose provisions are still in force. See the analysis of this work in Schmidt's Span. Law 30.
Fuero de Marina (called, also, Jurisdiction de Marisa). A special tribunal taking cog nizance of all matters relating to the navy and to the persons employed therein.
Fuero Municipal. The body .of laws grant ed to a city or town for its government and the administration of justice.
Fuero Real. A code of laws promulgated by Alonzo el Sabio in 1255, and intended as an introduction to the laiger and more com prehensive code called Las Siete Partidas, published eight years afterwards. For an analysis of this code, see Schmidt, Span. Law 67.
Fuero Viejo. The title of a compilation of Spanish Law, published about A. D. 992. Seim. Civil Law, introd. 65.