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Vavasory :: Vavasory (n.) The quality or tenure of the fee held by a vavasor; also, the lands held by a vavasor..

Gavelkind :: Gavelkind (n.) A tenure by which land descended from the father to all his sons in equal portions, and the land of a brother, dying without issue, descended equally to his brothers. It still prevails in the county of Kent..

Subinfeudation :: Subinfeudation (n.) The granting of lands by inferior lords to their dependents, to be held by themselves by feudal tenure..

Cessavit :: Cessavit (n.) A writ given by statute to recover lands when the tenant has for two years failed to perform the conditions of his tenure.

Astrict :: Astrict (v. t.) To restrict the tenure of; as, to astrict lands. See Astriction, 4..

Bockland :: Bockland (n.) Charter land held by deed under certain rents and free services, which differed in nothing from free socage lands. This species of tenure has given rise to the modern freeholds..

Villain :: Villain (n.) One who holds lands by a base, or servile, tenure, or in villenage; a feudal tenant of the lowest class, a bondman or servant..

Fedaliza/tion :: Fedaliza/tion (n.) The act of reducing to feudal tenure.

Fee :: Fee (n.) property; possession; tenure.

Lease :: Lease (v. t.) Any tenure by grant or permission; the time for which such a tenure holds good; allotted time.

Allodially :: Allodially (adv.) By allodial tenure.

Feud :: Feud (n.) A stipendiary estate in land, held of superior, by service; the right which a vassal or tenant had to the lands or other immovable thing of his lord, to use the same and take the profists thereof hereditarily, rendering to his superior such duties and services as belong to military tenure, etc., the property of the soil always remaining in the lord or superior; a fief; a fee..

Tenancy :: Tenancy (n.) A holding, or a mode of holding, an estate; tenure; the temporary possession of what belongs to another..

Fixity :: Fixity (n.) Fixedness; as, fixity of tenure; also, that which is fixed..

Holding :: Holding (n.) A tenure; a farm or other estate held of another.

Fee :: Fee (n.) An estate of inheritance belonging to the owner, and transmissible to his heirs, absolutely and simply, without condition attached to the tenure..

Nontenure :: Nontenure (n.) A plea of a defendant that he did not hold the land, as affirmed..

Drengage :: Drengage (n.) The tenure by which a drench held land.

Leasehold :: Leasehold (n.) A tenure by lease; specifically, land held as personalty under a lease for years..

Survey :: Survey (v. t.) To examine and ascertain, as the boundaries and royalties of a manor, the tenure of the tenants, and the rent and value of the same..

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