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Fix

A Dictionary of Law · William C. Anderson · 1889

A Dictionary of Law

8 1.

To render finally liable: as, to fix bail, q. v. 3. To set for trial or hearing: as, to fix a case on a list.

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To prescribe the rule by which a thing is to be determined: as, a constitutional direction that the general assetobly shall fix the comi Densation of all officers.* A salary is " fixed " when it consists of a stipulated rate for a definite period. Pay or emolument is fixed when the amount is agreed upon and the service defined. 5 A salary, pay or emolument is fixed by law when the amount is named in a statute; and, by regulation, when named in a general order, promulgated under provision of law, and applicable to a class or classes of persons.*