Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Scots law, one to whom any property belongs in fee—that is, one who has the property in reversion as contrasted with life-rent; the person in whom the property of an estate is vested, burdened with the right of life-rent.
- noun plural In Scotland, the prices of the different kinds of grain for the current year, as fixed by the sheriff of each county and a jury, after the production of expert evidence, and the hearing of all parties interested.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Scots Law) One in whom the property of an estate is vested, subject to the estate of a life renter.
- noun The price of grain, as legally fixed, in the counties of Scotland, for the current year.
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- noun law, Scotland One in whom the
property of anestate isvested , subject to theestate of aliferenter . - noun The
price ofgrain , as legally fixed, in thecounties ofScotland , on anannual basis .
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No one will have a fiar chance against him with the buzzer.
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awfulbliss commented on the word fiar
Fiar
Fi"ar\ (? or ?), n.
1. (Scots Law) One in whom the property of an estate is vested, subject to the estate of a life renter.
I am fiar of the lands; she a life renter. --Sir W. Scott.
2. pl. The price of grain, as legally fixed, in the counties of Scotland, for the current year.
Source: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/fiar
I am also collecting Scottishisms here...maybe I need a separate list.
June 23, 2008