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fixed asset.See capital asset (1) under ASSET.[Blacks Law 8th]

fixed annuity.See ANNUITY.[Blacks Law 8th]

fix bail,vb. To set the amount and terms of bail <after hearing the officer’s testimony, the judge fixed bail for the defendant at $100,000>. See BAIL.[Blacks Law 8th]

fixation.Copyright. The process or result of recording a work of authorship in tangible form so that it can be copyrighted under federal law. • Fixation occurs, for instance, when a live television broadcast is transmitted and simultaneously recorded on videotape. [Cases: Copyrights and Intellectual Property 12(1).][Blacks Law 8th]

fix a day to which to adjourn.See adjourn to a day certain under ADJOURN.[Blacks Law 8th]

fix,n.1. A dose of an illegal drug <the defendant testified that he robbed the store because he needed to buy a fix>.2. A navigational reading. fix,vb. 1. To announce (an exchange price, interest rate, etc.) <interest was fixed at 6%>.2. To establish (a person’s liability or responsibility) <you cannot fix liability on the defendant without…

fit occupantis (fit ahk-y<<schwa>>-pan-tis). [Latin] Hist. It becomes the property of the captor.[Blacks Law 8th]

fitness hearing.See transfer hearing under HEARING.[Blacks Law 8th]

fitness for a particular purpose.See implied warranty of fitness for a particular purpose under WARRANTY(2).[Blacks Law 8th]

fithwite. See FUTHWITE.[Blacks Law 8th]