pl. Sc. [Pl. of fier, FEER a standard.] The prices, annually fixed, of the different kinds of grain. Also more fully fiar(s prices, and sheriff-fiars. Fiars-court, the court at which the prices are fixed.
1723. Acts Sederunt, 21 Dec. (1790), 278. Act declaring and appointing the Manner of striking the Sheriff-fiars. Ibid., That there is a general complaint, That the said fiars are struck … without due care. Ibid., 279. Determining and fixing the fiar-prices.
1835. Act 5–6 Will. IV., c. 63 § 16. The Fiar Prices of all Grain in every County shall be struck by the Imperial Quarter.
1861. W. Bell, Dict. Law Scot., s.v., The prices fixed by the opinion of the jury and sanctioned by the judge are termed the fiars of that year.
1887. Scotsman, 8 March. At a Fiars Court for the county of Renfrew held … in Paisley, the prices of the season’s crops were struck.
