Fiar

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fiar \Fi"ar\ (? or ?), n. [See {Feuar}.]
     1. (Scots Law) One in whom the property of an estate is
        vested, subject to the estate of a life renter.
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              I am fiar of the lands; she a life renter. --Sir W.


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     2. pl. The price of grain, as legally fixed, in the counties
        of Scotland, for the current year.
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From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  FIAR, Scotch law. He whose property is burdened with a life rent. Ersk. Pr. 
  of L. Scot. B. 2, t. 9, s. 23.