Ferme
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Same as Farm.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A farm; a rent; a lease; a house or land or both, taken by indenture or lease. Plowd. 195,; Vicat See Farm.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A farm; a rent; a lease; a house or land, or both, taken by indenture or lease. Plowd. 195; Vicat. See Fans.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Fr. [from Sax. feorm, q. v.] A rent; a farm; a lease on rent. Si home lessa sa terre a ferme; if a man let his land to farm. Stat. Gloc. c. 4. Lesses a ferme. Artic. sup. Chart. c. 14. Britt. c. 40. Lesse a ferme — a trop hautes fermes; let to farm at too high farms, (rents.) Britt. c. 21.