fourchern.
Law. Obsolete.
A mode of delay practised by two defendants in a suit, and consisting in their appearing (or being essoined) alternately instead of together.
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fourcher1602
1602 Les Termes de la Ley 166 Fourcher is a deuice vsed to delay the plaintife or demaundant in a suite against two.
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