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Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: FLA-FRA |
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FORTY , the cardinal number equal to four tens. The word is derived from the 0. Eng. feowertig, a combination of fakeer, four, and tig, an old form of " ten," used as a suffix, cf. Icel. tiu, Dan. ti, ten, and Ger. vierzig, forty. The name " The Forty " has been given to various bodies composed of that number of members, particularly to a judicial body
court
jurisdiction and two civil appeal courts in the Venetian republic. The French Academy
laws
trade
Atlantic
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