A Scotch measure of capacity, containing two gallons and a pint. Spelman.

A partnership; the group of persons constituting a partnership. The name ortitle under which the members of a partnership transact business.

In old English law. The contract of lease or letting; also the rent (or farm)reserved upon a lease of lands, which was frequently payable in provisions, butsometimes in money, in which latter

A Turkish word denoting a decree or grant of privileges, or passport to a traveler.

The right of a tenant to his lands and tenements. Cowell.

In old records. A place In monasteries, and elsewhere, where the poorwere received and supplied with food. Spelman. Ilence the word “infirmary.”

L. Lat. A fermor. A lessee of a term. Firmarii comprehend all such asbold by lease for life or lives or for year, by deed or without deed. 2 lust. 144, 145;

The doe season. Also a supplying with food. Cowell.

In old records. A farm.Firmior et potentior est operatio le- gis quam dispositio hominis. The operation ofthe law is firmer and more powerful [or efficacious] than the disposition of man. Co.Litt. 102a.

In old English law. An assurance of some privilege, by deed or charter.

A statement that an affiant “firmly believes” the contents of the affidavit imports a strong or high degree of belief, and is equivalent to saying that he “verily” believes it. Bradley v.

In old English law. Liberty to scour and repair a mill-dam, and carry awaythe soil, etc. Blount.

Initial; leading; chief; preceding all others of the same kind or class insequence, (numerical or chronological;) entitled to priority or preference above others.Redman v. Railroad Co., 33 N. J. Eq. 105; Thompson

Of the most superior or excellent gnule or kind; belonging to the heador chief or numerically precedent of several classes into which the general subject is divided.

An Anglicized form of the Latin “flscus,” (which see.)

Belonging to the fisc, or public treasury. Relating to accounts or the management of revenue.

In Roman law. The treasury of the prince or emperor, as distinguished from”wrarium,” which was the treasury of the state. Spelman.The treasury or property of the state, as distinguished from the private

An animal which Inhabits the water, breathes by means of gills, swims by theaid of fins, and is oviparous.

A dam or wear In a river for taking fish. Cowell.

A term descriptive of a bill in equity which seeks a discovery upongeneral, loose, and vague allegations. Story, Fq. PI.