Fiars

/ˈfaɪ.ɑrz/ noun

Definition

Plural of fiar; multiple people with property reversion rights or multiple grain price authorities in Scottish markets.

Etymology

Simple plural of fiar, maintaining the Scottish legal tradition of referring to multiple individuals holding similar feudal or market authority positions.

Kelly Says

When Scottish lawyers needed to talk about multiple people with confusing property rights, they just pluralized their word for one—fiars. It shows how legal language sticks around even after the system it describes becomes totally obsolete.

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