Firmarium
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
In old records. A place In monasteries, and elsewhere, where the poor were received and supplied with food.
Spelman.
Hence the word "infirmary." FIRMARIUS (Law Lat.) A termor; a lessee of a term. Firmarii 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; 8 Pick. (Mass.) 312-315; 7 Adol. & E. 637.