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FIX'TURE, n. 1. Position. 2. Fixedness; firm pressure; as the fixture of the foot. 3. Firmness; stable state. 4. That which is fixed to a building; any appendage or part of the furniture of a house which is fixed to it, as by nails, screws, etc., and which the tenant cannot legally take away, when he removes to another house.
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