Fuero

a Spanish term, derived from the Latin forum, which signifies a place where justice is administered; and hence, jurisdiction. From this latter sense it came, in Spain, to be transferred to collections of laws, as embraced in special charters and privjleges extended to certain provinces, and forming what Americans would call a “ constitution.” Fugger, the name of a rich and illustrious family of Suabia, descended from a weaver, who originally lived in the environs of Augsburg, about 1300. They were at first succe ful in selling clothes, but afterward extended their dealings, and became merchants, accumulating an immense fortune. Reaching the height of the i: affluence at the commencement of the 16th century, they rendered consider. able services to the Emperors Charles V. and Maximilian, by making them large advances. These princes be stowed titles of nobility on the Fug. ger family, and they soon became connected with the best blood of Germany The best known of them are the three brothers, Ulric, James, and George: and afterward Raymond and Antony both sons of George. Ulric received for his loans to Maximilian the count: ship of Kirchberg, and the seigniory of We is sen horn, which afterward re mained in the po e ion of his family. He was a great encourager of learning.