| 单词 | in, upon feu |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin, upon feu a. A feudal tenure of land in which the vassal, in place of military service, makes a return of grain or money (opposed to ward n.2 or military holding and blanch n. or holding at a nominal rent); a grant of lands on these conditions; in modern use, a perpetual lease for a fixed rent (= feu-farm n.). Phrases: in, upon feu: subject to such payments or performance of duties; also to hold feu, set into feu. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > [noun] > tenure by service > by military or knight service > tenure by payment in place of feu1497 society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > [noun] > tenure in feu feu-holding1748 feu1759 1497 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 315 I resauit fra the Lard of Teling..of the releif of few and blanchferme of the entre of Johne Lord Glammys, thretj thre lib. 1535 D. Lindsay Satyre 2685 Set into few ȝour temporall lands. 1570 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xxiii. 30 Thocht thair was sum that tuik thy rowmis in few. 1720 London Gaz. No. 5866/3 A small Part holding Few of the Earl of Strathmore. 1759 W. Robertson Hist. Scotl. (1817) II. iii. 74 By granting feus, and perpetual leases of lands. 1826 W. Scott Provinc. Antiq. II. 110 A grant for disposing of it, in feu. 1892 Gladstone in Daily News 25 Mar. 3/4 To hold land upon feu from the landlord. < as lemmas |
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