Legal Term Dictionary

To reduce to a feudal tenure; to conform to feudalism. Webster.

To reduce to a feudal tenure; to conform to feudalism. Webster. Less...

A tenant who holds by feudal tenure, (also spelled "feodatory" and "feudatory.") Held by feudal service. Relatlng to feuds or feudal tenures.

A tenant who holds by feudal tenure, (also spelled "feodatory" and "feudatory.") Held by feudal service. Relatlng to feuds or feudal tenures. Less...

A recompense for engaging In a feud, and the damages consequent, it having been the custom In ancient rimes for all the kindred to engage in their kinsman's quarrel. Jacob.

A recompense for engaging In a feud, and the damages consequent, it having been the custom In ancient rimes for all the kindred to engage in their kinsman's quarrel. Jacob. Less...

An occasional early form of "feud" in the sense of private war or vengeance. Termes de la Ley. See FEUD.

An occasional early form of "feud" in the sense of private war or vengeance. Termes de la Ley. See FEUD. Less...

A writer on feuds, as Cuja-cius, Spelman, etc.

A writer on feuds, as Cuja-cius, Spelman, etc. Less...

In Spanish law. Feud or fee. White, New Recop. b. 2, tit. 2, c. 2.

In Spanish law. Feud or fee. White, New Recop. b. 2, tit. 2, c. 2. Less...

L. Lat. A feud, fief, or fee. A right of using and enjoying forever the lands of another, which the lord grants on condition that the tenant shall render fealty, military duty, and other services. Spelman. -Foudum antiquum. An ancient feud or fief; a fief descended to the vassal from More...

L. Lat. A feud, fief, or fee. A right of using and enjoying forever the lands of another, which the lord grants on condition that the tenant shall render fealty, military duty, and other services. Spelman. -Foudum antiquum. An ancient feud or fief; a fief descended to the vassal from his ancestors. 2 Bl. Comm. 212, 221. A fief which ancestors had possessed for more than four generations. Spelman; Priest v. Cummings, 20 Wend. (N. Y.) 340.-Feudum aportum. An open feud or fief; a fief resulting back to the lord, where the blood of the person last seised was utterly extinct and gone. 2 Bl. Comm. 245. -Feudum franoum. A free feud. One which was noble and free from talliage. and. oth- er subsidies to which the plebeia feuda (vulgar feuds) were subject. Spelman.-Feudum hnu-bertieum. A fee held on the military service of appearing fully armed at the ban and arriere ban. Spelman.-Feudum improprium. An improper or derivative feud or fief. 2 Bl. Comm. 58.-Feudum Individuum. An indivisible or impartible feud or fief: descendible to the eldest son alone. 2 Bl. Comm. 215.- Feudum ligium. A liege feud or fief; a fief held immediately of the sovereign; one for which the vassal owed fealty to his lord against all persons. 1 Bl. Comm. 867; Spelman.- Feudum maternum. A maternal fief; a fief descended to the feudatory from his mother. 2 Bl. Comm. 212.-Feudum nobile. A fee for which the tenant did guard and owed fealty and homage. Spelman.-Feudum novum. A new feud or fief; a fief which began in the person of the feudatory, and did not come to him by succession. Spelman; 2 Bl. Comm. 212; Priest v. Cummings, 20 Wend. (N. Y.) 349.-Feudum novum ut antiquum. A new fee held with the qualities and incidents of an ancient one. 2 Bl. Comm. 212.-Feudum patemum. A fee which the paternal ancestors had held for four generations. Calvin. One descendible to heirs on the paternal side only. 2 Bl. Comm. 223. One which might be held by males only. Du Cange.-Feudum proprium. A proper, genuine, and original feud or fief; beinj or a purely military character, and held by military service. 2 Bl. Comm. 57, 58.-Feudum talliatum. A restricted fee. One limited to descend to certain classes of heirs. 2 Bl. Comm. 112, note; 1 Washb. Real Prop. 66. Less...

An indefinite expression for a small or limited number. In cases where exact description is required, the use of this word will not answer. Butts v. Stowe, 53 Vt 603; Allen v. Kirwan, 150 Pa. 612, 28 Ati. 495; Wheelock v. Noonaxi, 108 N. Y. 179, 15 N. E. 67, More...

An indefinite expression for a small or limited number. In cases where exact description is required, the use of this word will not answer. Butts v. Stowe, 53 Vt 603; Allen v. Kirwan, 150 Pa. 612, 28 Ati. 495; Wheelock v. Noonaxi, 108 N. Y. 179, 15 N. E. 67, 2 Am. St Rep. 405. Less...

A Latin abbreviation for "Frag-menta," designating the Digest or Pandects in the Corpus Juris Civilis of Justinian; so called because that work is made up of fragments or extracts from the'writings of numerous jurists. Mackeld. Rom. Law, ? 74.

A Latin abbreviation for "Frag-menta," designating the Digest or Pandects in the Corpus Juris Civilis of Justinian; so called because that work is made up of fragments or extracts from the'writings of numerous jurists. Mackeld. Rom. Law, ? 74. Less...

An abbreviation for fieri facias, (which see.)

An abbreviation for fieri facias, (which see.) Less...