Feorme

Fearme.

Sax. [L. Lat. firm4i^ Food; provisions. Spelman, voc. Firma, An entertainment or feast. Id, Herod gegeafwode mycle feorme; Herod made a great feast. Sax, Evang, S, Marc, vi. 21. Rent paid in provisions. Spelman, ub. sup, Cowell, voc. Ferme. 2 Bl, Com, 318. A manor. Spelman, ub, sup. Hence the L. Lat. firma, and English ferm,farm, (qq. v.) ¥ER,Ferre. L. Fr. [from Lat. /errwm.] Iron. Ifors de fers; out of irons; not fettered. Britt, c. 6. FER^ NATURE. Lat Of a wild nature. A term (derived from the civil law,) applied to animals considered as subjects of property, and denoting such as are naturally of a unld disposition, (as deer, foxes, hares, pigeons, wild geese, swans, bees and fish,) in contradistinction to those of a tame and domestic nature {domitcs natures,) Inst. 2.

1. 12 — 16.

Bract, fol.

8 b, 9. 2 BL Com, 390, 391. 2 Steph. Com, 17, 68, 69. 2 Kent's Com, 348. 6 Ad. dk Ell, (N. S.) 606.

See Domitae natures, Qualified property. Brae ton distinguishes animals into three classes; wild animals, properly so called, {fera;) wild animals which have been tamed, (fera facta mansueta;) and domestic animals, {domestica.) Bract, ub, sup,