FISTULA

In the civil law. A pipe for conveying water. Dig. 8, 2, 18. FIT, In medical· jurisprudence. An attack or spasm of muscular convulsions, generally attended with lo of self-control and of consciousne ; particularly, such attack& occurring in epilepsy. In a more general sense, the period of an acute attack of any disease, physical or mental, as, a fit of insanity. See Gunter v. State, 83.Ala. 96,, 3 South. 000. FITZ, A Norman word, meaning "son.". It is used in law and genealogy; as Fitzherbert, the son of Herbert; FUzjames, the son of James; Fitzroy, the son of the king. It was originally applied to 1llegitimate children. [s. 509]