FORPRISE

forprise (for-prIz). Hist. 1. An exception or reservation. • The term was frequently used in leases and conveyances. “Forprise … [a]n exception or reservation…. We still use it in Conveyances and Leases, wherein Excepted and Forprised is an usual expression.” Thomas Blount, Nomo-Lexicon: A Law-Dictionary (1670). 2. An exaction.