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Definition of feud

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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..

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Feudalized :: Feudalized (imp. & p. p.) of Feudaliz.

Attornment :: Attornment (n.) The act of a feudatory, vassal, or tenant, by which he consents, upon the alienation of an estate, to receive a new lord or superior, and transfers to him his homage and service; the agreement of a tenant to acknowledge the purchaser of the estate as his landlord..

Feud :: Feud (n.) A contention or quarrel; especially, an inveterate strife between families, clans, or parties; deadly hatred; contention satisfied only by bloodshed..

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

Subingression :: Subinfeudation (n.) Subordinate tenancy; undertenancy.

Curia :: Curia (n.) The court of a sovereign or of a feudal lord; also; his residence or his household.

Infeudation :: Infeudation (n.) The granting of tithes to laymen.

Inextinguishable :: Inextinguishable (a.) Not capable of being extinguished; extinguishable; unquenchable; as, inextinguishable flame, light, thirst, desire, feuds..

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

Feudalist :: Feudalist (n.) An upholder of feudalism.

Coshering :: Coshering (n.) A feudal prerogative of the lord of the soil entitling him to lodging and food at his tenant's house.

Knight :: Knight (n.) In feudal times, a man-at-arms serving on horseback and admitted to a certain military rank with special ceremonies, including an oath to protect the distressed, maintain the right, and live a stainless life..

Adscript :: Adscript (a.) Held to service as attached to the soil; -- said of feudal serfs.

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

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

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

Beneficiary :: Beneficiary (n.) A feudatory or vassal; hence, one who holds a benefice and uses its proceeds..

Suzerainty :: Suzerain (n.) A superior lord, to whom fealty is due; a feudal lord; a lord paramount..

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..

Feudalizing :: Feudalizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Feudaliz.