L. Lat. A fermor. A lessee of a term. Firtnarii comprehend all such as hold by lease for life or lives or for year, by deed or without deed. 2 Inst. 144, 145; 1 Washb. Real Prop. 107. … [Read more...] about FIRMARIUS
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FIRST MORTGAGE
A mortgage or claim against property that is paramount and superior to all other mortgage claims upon the property. … [Read more...] about FIRST MORTGAGE
FIRE ACCIDENTAL
One which arises in consequence of some human agency, without any intention, or which happens by some natural cause, without human agency. 2. Whether a fire arises purely by accident, or from any other cause when it becomes uncontrollable and dangerous to the public, a man may, in general, justify the destruction of a house on fire for the protection of the neighborhood, for … [Read more...] about FIRE ACCIDENTAL
FIRMATIO
The doe season. Also a supplying with food. Cowell. … [Read more...] about FIRMATIO
FIRST PURCHASER
In the English law of descent, the first purchaser was he who first acquired an estate in a family, which still owns it. A purchase of this kind signifies any mode of acquiring an estate, except, by descent. … [Read more...] about FIRST PURCHASER