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fiefnoun(law, historical) Land held of a superior, particularly on condition of homage, fealty, and personal service, especially military service.

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fiefnoun(law, historical) Land held of a superior, particularly on condition of homage, fealty, and personal service, especially military service.
feoffmentnoun(law, UK) A gift or conveyance in fee of land or other corporeal hereditaments, accompanied by actual delivery of possession
feoffornounAlternative form of feoffer. [(law) One who enfeoffs or grants a fee.]
feoffeenounA vassal holding a fief.
feoffernoun(law) One who enfeoffs or grants a fee.
feoffeeshipnounThe role or position of feoffee.
feudatorynounA feudal vassal.
feofornounAlternative form of feoffer. [(law) One who enfeoffs or grants a fee.]
cofeoffeenoun(law, historical) A joint feoffee; one of a group of individuals jointly holding a fief.
feodnounObsolete form of feud (“estate granted to a vassal by a feudal lord in exchange for service”). [A state of long-standing mutual hostility.]
fiefholdingnoun(uncountable) The act or practice of holding fiefs.
feudarynounA tenant who holds his lands by feudal service; a feudatory.
feodarienounObsolete form of feodary. [An accomplice.]
feudutynounAlternative form of feu duty. [(Scotland, property law, historical) Money payable by the tenant of a feu to the feudal superior.]
co-feoffeenounAlternative form of cofeoffee. [(law, historical) A joint feoffee; one of a group of individuals jointly holding a fief.]
feodalitynounAlternative form of feudality. [The state or quality of being feudal; feudal form or constitution.]
feudal lawnoun(absolute use) The legislation governing feudal matters, such as the procedures, (mutual) rights and duties concerning fiefs, feudal lords and their enfeoffed vassals.
feesenounAlternative form of fess (“horizontal band, in heraldry”). [(heraldry) A horizontal band across the middle of the shield.]
foehoodnounThe state of being a foe; enmity.
feorm-fultumnoun(Anglo-Saxon) In Anglo-Saxon law, a tax for the king's sustentation as he went through his realm.

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