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Definition of feu

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Feu (n.) A free and gratuitous right to lands made to one for service to be performed by him; a tenure where the vassal, in place of military services, makes a return in grain or in money..

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Infeodation :: Infeodation (n.) See Infeudation.

Defeudalize :: Defeudalize (v. t.) To deprive of the feudal character or form.

Vidame :: Vidame (n.) One of a class of temporal officers who originally represented the bishops, but later erected their offices into fiefs, and became feudal nobles..

Vassal :: Vassal (n.) The grantee of a fief, feud, or fee; one who holds land of superior, and who vows fidelity and homage to him; a feudatory; a feudal tenant..

Feoff :: Feoff (v. t.) To invest with a fee or feud; to give or grant a corporeal hereditament to; to enfeoff.

Feudtory :: Feudtory (a.) Held from another on some conditional tenure; as, a feudatory title..

Feudataty :: Feudataty (a. & n.) See Feudatory.

Foliomort :: Foliomort (a.) See Feuillemort.

Fealty :: Fealty (n.) Fidelity to one's lord; the feudal obligation by which the tenant or vassal was bound to be faithful to his lord; the special oath by which this obligation was assumed; fidelity to a superior power, or to a government; loyality. It is no longer the practice to exact the performance of fealty, as a feudal obligation..

Livery :: Livery (n.) The uniform clothing issued by feudal superiors to their retainers and serving as a badge when in military service.

Feuilleton :: Feuilleton (n.) A part of a French newspaper (usually the bottom of the page), devoted to light literature, criticism, etc.; also, the article or tale itself, thus printed..

Feod :: Feod (n.) A feud. See 2d Feud.

Boutefeu :: Boutefeu (n.) An incendiary; an inciter of quarrels.

Feudist :: Feudist (n.) A writer on feuds; a person versed in feudal law.

Castle-guard :: Castle-guard (n.) A feudal tenure, obliging the tenant to perform service within the realm, without limitation of time..

Feuillants :: Feuillants (n. pl.) A reformed branch of the Bernardines, founded in 1577 at Feuillans, near Toulouse, in France..

Feudary :: Feudary (n.) A tenant who holds his lands by feudal service; a feudatory.

Feodal :: Feodal (a.) Feudal. See Feudal.

Lord :: Lord (n.) One of whom a fee or estate is held; the male owner of feudal land; as, the lord of the soil; the lord of the manor..

Feudally :: Feudally (adv.) In a feudal manner.