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forum shop

or fo·rum-shop

[ fawr-uhm shop ]

verb (used without object)

, Law.
  1. to choose a jurisdiction in which to file a lawsuit as a way of trying to increase one's chance of winning the case: Compare judge shop ( def ).

    Litigants are increasingly tempted to forum shop among states to find courts more favorably inclined to their cause.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of forum shop1

First recorded in 1950–55

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