an inhabitant of that city. According to lat- er usage, it denotes a person who is not a citizen or subject of the state or country of which mention is made, or any one owing Matter triable or done in another county. allegiance to a foreign state or sovereign. Cowell. FOREIGN MINISTER. An ambassa- dor, minister, or envoy from a foreign gov- ernment. FOREIGN OFFICE. The department of state through which the English sovereign communicates with foreign powers. A sec- retary of state is at its head. Till the middle of the last century, the functions of a secre- tary of state as to foreign and home questions were not disunited. FOREIGN PLEA. A plea objecting to the jurisdiction of a judge, on the ground that he had not cognizance of the subject- matter of the suit. Cowell. FOREIGN PORT. A port exclusively within the sovereignty of a foreign nation. A foreign port or place is a port or place without the United States. 19 Johns. 375. FOREIGN SERVICE, in feudal law, was that whereby a mesne lord held of an- other, without the compass of his own fee, or that which the tenant performed either to his own lord or to the lord paramount out of the fee. (Kitch. 299.) Foreign service seems also to be used for knight's service, or escuage uncertain. (Perk. 650.) Jacob. FOREIGN STATE. A foreign country or nation. The several United States are considered "foreign" to each other except as regards their relations as common members of the Union. FOREIGN VESSEL. A vessel owned by residents in, or sailing under the flag of, a foreign nation. "Foreign vessel," under the embargo act of Jan- uary, 1808, means a vessel under the flag of a for- eign power, and not a vessel in which foreigners domiciled in the United States have an interest. 1 Gall. 58. FOREIGN VOYAGE. A voyage to some port or place within the territory of a foreign nation. The terminus of a voyage determines its character. If it be within the limits of a foreign jurisdiction, it is a foreign voyage, and not otherwise. 1 Story, 1. See 8 Kent, Comm. 177, note; 1 Gall. 55.