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Webster 1913 Edition
Fixture
1.
That which is fixed or attached to something as a permanent appendage;
as, the
fixtures
of a pump; the fixtures
of a farm or of a dwelling, that is, the articles which a tenant may not take away.2.
State of being fixed; fixedness.
The firm
fixture
of thy foot. Shakespeare
3.
(Law)
Anything of an accessory character annexed to houses and lands, so as to constitute a part of them. This term is, however, quite frequently used in the peculiar sense of personal chattels annexed to lands and tenements, but removable by the person annexing them, or his personal representatives. In this latter sense, the same things may be
fixtures
under some circumstances, and not fixtures
under others. Wharton (Law Dict.).
Bouvier.
☞ This word is frequently substituted for fixure (formerly the word in common use) in new editions of old works.
Webster 1828 Edition
Fixture
FIX'TURE
, n.1.
Position.2.
Fixedness; firm pressure; as the fixture of the foot.3.
Firmness; stable state.4.
That which is fixed to a building; any appendage or part of the furniture of a house which is fixed to it, as by nails, screws, &c., and which the tenant cannot legally take away, when he removes to another house.