Fō'rum, n.

n.; Eng. pl. FŌ'RUMS; Lat. pl. FŌ'RA. [Lat., kindred with foris, foras, out of doors.]

1. A market-place or public place in Rome, where causes were judicially tried, and orations delivered to the people.
2. A tribunal; a court; an assembly empowered to hear and decide causes.