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AD FIRMAM Definition & Legal Meaning

Definition & Citations:

To farm. Derived from an old Saxon word denoting rent. Ad fir- mam noctis was a fine or penalty equal in amount to the estimated cost of entertaining the king for one night. Cowell. Ad fcodi firmam, to fee farm. Spelman.

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