Law Dictionary Definitions

fixed debt.See DEBT.[Blacks Law 8th]

fixed-dollar investment.See INVESTMENT.[Blacks Law 8th]

  fixed charge.See fixed cost under COST(1).[Blacks Law 8th]

fixed capital.See CAPITAL.[Blacks Law 8th]

fixed-benefit plan.See defined pension plan under PENSION PLAN.[Blacks Law 8th]

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]