A national standard on which are certain emblems; an ensign; a banuer. It is carried by soldiers, ships, etc., and com-monly displayed at forts and many other suitable places
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An act of parliament, passed in 1065, against non-conform-ists, whereby ministers of that body were prohibited from coming withln five miles of any corporate town, or place where they had preached or lectured. Brown
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1. A fixture is a personal chattel substantially affixed to the land, hut which may afterwards be lawfully removed therefrom by the party affixing it, or his representative, without the consent of the owner of the freehold. Cook’v. whiting, 16 111 480; Teaff v. Hewitt, 1 Qhio St. 511, 59
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In the clvll law. A pipe for conveying water. Dig. 8, 2, 18
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A Norman word, meaning “son.** It is used in law and genealogy; as Fitsher-bert, the son of Herbert; Fitzjames, the son of James; Fitzroy, the son of the king. It was originally applied to illegitimate chil-dren
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In mining law. A vein or lode of mineralized matter filling a pre-existing fissure or crack In the earth’s crust extending across the strata and gen
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or FESTUOA. In old English law. Tbe rod or wand, by the dellvery of whlch the property in land was formerly transferred in making a feoffment. Called, also, “baculum,” “virga,” and “fustis.” Spel-man
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A term descriptive of a blll in equity which seeks a discovery up-on general, loose, and vague allegations. Story, Eq. Pl. 4 325; In re Pacific Ry. Com’n (C. C.) 32 Fed. 263; Hurricane Tel. Co. ▼. Mohler, 61 W. Va. 1, 41 S. E. 421; Carroll v. Carroll, 11 Barb. (N. Y.) 298
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In Scotch law. The flscus or fisc. The revenue of the crown. Generally used of the personal estate of a rebel which has been forfeited to the crown. Bell
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A place prepared for catch-ing fish with nets or hooks. This is com-monly applied to the place of drawing a seine or net Hart v. Hill, 1 whart. (Pa.) 131, 132
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A dam or wear in a river for taking fish. Cowell
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In Roman la*. The treasury of the prince or emperor, as distinguished from “ararium ” which was the treasury of the state. Spelman
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An animal which inhabits the wa-ter, breathes by means of gills, swims by the aid of fins, and is oviparous
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An Anglicized form of the Latin “flseus,” (whlch see
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Belonglng to the fisc, or pub-llc treasury. Relating to accounts or the management of revenue
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In old English law. Liberty to scour and repair a mill-dam, aud carry away the soil, etc. Blount
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Inltial; leading; chief; preceding all others of the same kind or class in sequence, (numerical or chronological;) en-tltled to priority or preference above others. Redman v. Railroad Co., 33 N. J. Eq. 165; Thompson v. Grand Gulf R. & B. Co., 3 How. (Miss.) 247, 34 Am. Dec. 81; Hapgood v. Brown, 102 Mass. 452
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In oid Eugllsh law. Au as* surance of some privilege, by deed or char-ter
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A statement tliut an affiant “firmly believes” the contents of the attida-vit Imports a strong or high degree of belief, and is equivalent to saying that he “verily” believes it. Bradley v. Eccles, 1 Browne (Pa.) 258; Thompson v. white, 4 Serg. & R. (Pa.) 137. The operative words in a bond or recognizance, that the obligor is held and “firmly bound,” are equivalent to an acknowledgment of indebtedness and promise to pay. Shattuck v. People, 5 111 477
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L. Lat. A fermor. A lessee of a term. Firmarii comprehend all such as hold by lease for life or lives or for year, by deed or without deed. 2 Iust. 144, 145; 1 washb. Real Prop. 107
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The doe season. Also a supplylng with food. Cowell
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The right of a tenant to hls lands and tenements. Cowell
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In old records. A place in monasteries, and elsewhere, where the poor were received and supplied with food. Spelman. Hence the word, “infirmary.”
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