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Definition :

Lex fori, the law of the place of action.

The forms of remedies, modes of proceeding, rules of evidence and execution of judgments are regulated by the laws of the place where the action is instituted; or, as the civilians express it, according to the lex fori. See British Linen Co. v. Drummond, (1830) 10 B&C 903; 34 RR 595, and Preface vi.; and Hansen v. Dixon, (1907) 96 LT 32. Consult Dicey's Conflict of Laws.