in foro contentioso

in foro contentioso (in for-oh k[schwa]n-ten-shee-oh-soh), adv. [Latin] Hist. In the forum of contention or litigation; in a contested action.

— Also termed in foro contradictorio.

“A decree is said to be granted in foro contentioso where the action in which it is pronounced has been litigated, and parties fully heard on the merits of the case. But it is not necessary that parties should be fully heard to make the decree pronounced in the case a decree in foro.” John Trayner, Trayner’s Latin Maxims 261 (4th ed. 1894).


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