The story
- Latin · derived fromforum+non+conveniens“inappropriate forum”
- English todayforum non conveniens
Latin forum+non+conveniens (“inappropriate forum”)
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
forum non conveniens
Today it means: A doctrine of law holding that a court should decline to hear a case if another court—especially one in a foreign jurisdiction—would provide a more appropriate forum for the parties and evidence. Full definition →
Latin forum+non+conveniens