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.

In Scotch law. The flscus or flsc. The revenue of the crown. Generally used ofthe personal estate of a rebel which has been forfeited to the crown. Bell.

In mining law. A vein or lode of mineralized matter filling a preexistingfissure or crack in the earth’s crust extending across the strata and generallj- extending indefinitely downward. See Crocker v. Mauley,

In old English law. The rod or wand, by the delivery of whichthe property in land was formerly transferred in making a feoffment. Called, also,”bacultim,” “virga,” and “fustis.” Spelman.

In the civil law. A pipe for conveying water. Dig. 8, 2, 18.

In medical jurisprudence. An attack or spasm of muscular convulsions generally attended with loss of self-control and of consciousness; particularly, such attacks occurring in epilepsy. In a more general sense, the period

A Norman word, meaning “son.” It is used In law and genealogy ; as Fitzlierbert,the son of Herbert; Fitzjamcs, the son of James ; Fitzroy, the son of the king. Itwas originally

An act of parliament, passed in 1665, against non-eonform- ists,whereby ministers of that body were prohibited from coming within five miles of anycorporate town, or place where they had preached or lectured.

To liquidate or render certain. To fasten a liability upon one. To transform apossible or contingent liability into a present and definite liability. Zimmerman v.Canfield. 42 Ohio St. 40S: Polk v. Minnehaha