Fixture
fixture (fikstur; 135), n.(Cf. Fixure.) 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.
Shak.
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.
f This word is frequently substituted for fixure
(formerly the word in common use) in new editions of old works.
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