Feudal Law. An estate in land (in England always a heritable estate), held on condition of homage and service to a superior lord, by whom it is…
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| 释义 | society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > a legal holding > [noun] > a feudal holding or fief (45) feec1330 Feudal Law. An estate in land (in England always a heritable estate), held on condition of homage and service to a superior lord, by whom it is… feoffmentc1330 The fief conferred. servicec1390 With reference to obligation to a superior (originally a feudal lord). Apparently: a feudal holding of land. Obsolete. fief1611 = fee, n.2 1 male fief, fief masculine: one that could be held by males only. feud1614 = fee, n.2 1. feudatoryc1660 A feud, fief, or fee; a dependent lordship. benefice1753 Land granted in feudal tenure, a fief. (Only in modern legal and historical writers, as transl. Latin beneficium.) fee-estate1775 (see quot.). feu1791 A piece of land held ‘in feu’; a holding. feudality1800 A feudal regime or system; a feudal-like power; a feudal holding, a fief. fiefdom1814 = fief, n. seigneury1903 In Canada: a landed estate held (until 1854) by feudal tenure. Subcategories:— piece of land held in feu (1) — secular (1) — land retained by lord (4) — land granted to feudal tenants (2) — subfief (10) — fief held by a vassal (1) — held by a subvassal (1) — held in socage (1) — held by military service (8) — held in villeinage (2) — held in bordage (1) — for which rent paid in lieu of service (1) |
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