Fixt’ure, n.

(fĭkst/yūr) (53), n. [From fixt, equivalent to fixed, p. p. of fix, q. v.]

1. That which is fixed or attached to something as a permanent appendage; as, the fixtures of a pump; the fixtures of a farm; the fixtures of a dwelling, that is, the articles which the tenant may not take away.
2. Fixedness; fixure. “The firm fixture of thy foot.” Shak.
3. (Law.) Any thing of an accessory character annexed to houses and lands, so as to constitute a part of them. This term is, however, quite frequently used by legal writers and by judges 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 as between some persons, and not fixtures as between others. Wharton. Bouvier.

☞ This is a modern word, though frequently substituted for fixure, in new editions of old works. Smart.