Abbreviation for financial Information Exchange. To render liable. 2. This term is applied to the condition of special bail; when the plaintiff has issued a ca. sa. which has been returned by the sheriff, non est, the bail are said to be fixed, unless the defendant be surrendered within the time allowed ex gratia, by the practice of the court. The defendant’s death after the return is no excuse for not surrendering him during the time allowed ex gratia. See Act of God; Death. In New Hampshire, 1 N. H. Rep. 472, and Massachusetts, 2 Mass. R. 485, the bail are not fixed until judgment is obtained against them on a scire facias, or unless the defendant die after, the return of non est or) the execution against him. In North Carolina, the bail are not fixed till judgment against them. 3 Dev. R. 155. When the bail are fixed, they are absolutely responsible.
Law Dictionary – Alternative Legal Definition
To liquidate or render certain. To fasten a liability upon one. To transform a possible or contingent liability into a present and definite liability. Zimmerman v. Canfleld, 42 Ohio St 468: Polk v. Minnehaha County, 5 Dak. 129, 37 N. W. 93; Logansport & W. V. Gas. Co. v. Peru (C. C.) 89 Fed. 187. Fixed belief or opinion. As ground for rejecting a juror, this phrase means a settled belief or opinion which would so stronely influence the mind of the juror and his decision in the case that he could not exclude it from his mind and render a verdict solely in accordance with the law and the evidence. Bales v. State, 63 Ala. 30: Curley v. Com., 84 Pa. 156; Staup v. Com., 74 Pa. 461. Fixed salary. One which is definitely ascertained and prescribed as to amount and time of payment, and does not depend upon the receipt of fees or other contingent emoluments; not necessarily a salary which cannot be changed by competent authoring. Sharpe v. Robertson. 5 Grat. (Va.) 518; edrick v. U. S., 16 Ct CI. 101. Fixing bail. In practice. Rendering absolute the liability of special bail.