Sax. In old English law. A summoning forth to a military expedition,(i/idictio ad profevtionem militarcm.) Spelman.

Sax. A preparation to go into the army. Leg. lien. I.

Sax. In old English law. Exemption from military service. Spelman.

In old English law. A fine for refusing military service, {mulcta detrcotuutis mil ilium.) Spelman.A fine imposed for murder committed In the army; an acquittance of such fine. Fleta,lib. 1, c. 47.

The effect of combustion. The Juridical meaning of the word does not differfrom the vernacular. 1 Pars. Mar. Law, 231, et seq.

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.)