Firma
A Law Dictionary and Glossary · George C. Kinney · 1893
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
1. 1.
In old English and Scots law. A firm, f erm, or farm; a lease or letting; a rent reserved on letting lands; a rent payable in money; a messuage with wood land, etc., connected therewith; a feast or entertainment. Firma alba: white rent Firma dial: a day's provisions or entertainment. Firma teodi: a farm or lease of a fee; a fee farm. Firma noctis: a night's ferm; provisions or entertainment for a night, or the value thereof.