Forte (fencing) Forte (fencing) In fencing, forte (from the Romance root meaning "strong") is "the strong part" of the blade—the one third-closest to the hilt. The "strength" refers to the control established over the opponent's weapon upon contact of one's forte with the opponent's foible (a situation of favourable leverage). (See also parry (fencing).) Fencer Ridolfo Capo Ferro defined the forte as the blade from the hilt to the middle. From the middle to the top is known as the debole. The debole is the part of the sword, especially a rapier, that is used for offensive actions. Italian fencing master Ridolfo
Authorship and ownership in copyright law in Canada as defined in section 3(1) of the act, namely "the sole right to produce or reproduce the work or any substantial part thereof", may also lie in compilations. What this means is that there are two layers of copyright in a collective work such as a compilation. First there are the 'normal' copyrights in the constituent works of which the compilation is composed. Second, there is also copyright in the compilation as a whole which would seem to exist independently of the copyright in the individual constituent works. The layering of copyright raises a number of legal questions. For example,