FIXTURE

Fixture

A fixture, as a legal concept, means any physical property that is permanently attached to real property, the removal of which would 1ly damage the real property. Property not affixed to real property is considered chattel property. Fixtures are treated as a part of real property, particularly in the case of a security interest. A classic example of a fixture is a building, which—in the absence of language to the contrary in a contract of sale—is considered part of the land itself and not a separate piece of property. Generally speaking the test for deciding whether an article is a fixture or a chattel turns on the purpose of attachment. If the purpose ...

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fixture

Noun

  1. Something that is fixed in place, especially a permanent appliance or other item of personal property that is considered part of a house and is sold with it.
  2. A regular patron of a place or institution.
  3. A lighting unit; a luminaire.
  4. A scheduled match.
  5. A state that can be recreated, used as a baseline for running software tests.
  6. A work-holding or support device used in the manufacturing industry.

Verb

  1. To furnish with, as, or in a fixture
    The device is available in both handheld and fixtured models.
  2. To schedule a match


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