FORUM Volcani (Strabo); the Campi Phlegrei of Pliny; a place in Campania encompassed with rocky eminences, near Puteoli, and distant from it two miles towards Naples, emitting smoke, and in some places flame, like a large extensive furnace, and yielding sulphur: Now called Solfatara, in the Terra di Lavoro.
FORUM is also used, among casuists, &c. for jurisdiction; thus they say, In foro legis, &c.